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I'ONTAININO 

Portraits and Brief Biograf hies of the Far alt ies of tlu State University 
of lozca ami of Prominent Citizens of lozva' City and Johnson ' 
County: History of tJie Rise ami Development of the Univer- 
sity, with Lists of Faculties and all Attending Students: 
Biographies of Attorneys, Piiysieians, and Officers 
of County and City, and Lists of Countv 
and City Officers from the Dates of 
Organization of Government : 

ALSO, 

Sketched OF Orders and Societies of the City; Lnfokmation 
ABOUT the Churches and 15iograi'hies of Clergymen; His- 
torical AND Local Data concerning City and County 
ne\'er before given in One Volume ; Events of 
the Year 1S81; Holiday and Miscellaneous 
Literature, etc., etc., etc. 



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PREFACE. 




Av. 



ITH its subjects and its ap- 
pearance, no reasonable per- 
son can find fault, — yet 
what is written in the SouvE- 
j"!^ ■" NiR AND Annual might be 
made better ; and even we might 
have made it so, with more time 
and greater encouragement. Still 
) we cannot help thinking — and the 
I thought is accompanied with that 
satisfaction which has cheered on' this 
work from its beginning — that there are 
few, if any, others who would undertake 
the task, with its attendant cares and 
expense, and accomplish it as well. 

Who does a good deed is pleased ; a 
true content comes only to those who put 
into their work the intensest feeling. 
These are divine precepts. We are 
"pleased," and almost "content," with 
the wx)rk which the pages of the Souve- 
NiB shows, — time only will reveal what 
"good" the work has done. 

Our constant endeavor has been to 
make the appearance and the text of the 
Souvenir conform to the dignity of its 
subjects,— to set out in its pages that 
which would be interesting and useful. 
Every hour at command has been util- 
ized; and, to hands encumbered with 
much other labor, these hours have been 
none too many. If any are disposed to 
find fault, let them remember that we are 
not unused to opposition, — a few carp- 
ing critics have been already met; a few 
men, appointed to trusts which should 
leave their lives and acts open to public 
inspection, have refused us even the 
smallest grain of information concerning 
themselves or their offices; a few who 
gave the information asked, came to us 
afterward, with a mock-modest or wor- 
ried expression .on their countenances, 
and requested to be "left out," on the 



ground that they had "reconsidered"— 
intimating by their actions that we were 
not cognizant of tUeir real value, or that 
they only gave the information under 
sufferance; others have felt aggrieved be- 
cause their "good points" did not receive 
attention; our motives have been attrili- 
uted falsely, and some self- conceited 
and jealous persons have whispered that 
none but those who pay receive notice. 
All this was expected: in such an under- 
taking no one could expect otherwise. 
We did not " start out " with the inten- 
tion of tickling any one's vanity. In the 
biographies of those whom we have con- 
sidered worth mentioning ( by this we do 
not mean that we have mentioned nil ), it 
has been the compilers' aim to present 
each life history in "a round unvarnished 
tale." A few flowers of love, respect, or 
admiration, may, once in a while, l)e 
" thrown in ;" but these only cover stony 
dates and facts, which, like some ancient 
ruin, rich in historic worth, would look 
barren and bare without the attendant 
foliage. 

A large part of the Souvenir and 
Annual is devoted to the State Univer- 
sity. There are so many facts in its his- 
tory, all worthy of mention, that we were 
at loss which to omit; and hence, unwill- 
ing to throw aside much that had required 
effort to collate, — the " sketch " overrun 
its allotted space. But no dissatisfac- 
tion is felt by us, when we consider how 
much more comprehensive the article is 
made in thus serving our own wishes. 

Since this work was begun, over four 
months ago, a change in the Collegiate 
Department has been made. Prof. Des 
Islets resigned his position at the close of 
the term in December. He is succeeded 
by Prof. David P. Call, A.M., who will 
teach his classes for the remainder of 



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the yt-HT. Prof. CiiU is ii jfrinluiitt (1S77) 
of Miiditiiin University, New York, and a 
chiKnicist of excellent reputation as a 
t^'ueher ami a student. He was the vale- 
dictorian of his class, and was selected to 
represent liis institution in (ireek at the 
New York Inter-State Collegiate Contest, 
in lH7(i. He was jirincipal of the Acad- 
emy at Osajre for four years — 1S77-81 — 
and has recently completeil a term in the 
University of Des Moines. 

The Souvenir is not a tiling of a day 
only,— it will lie preserved for a long 
time hence by many citizens, and by 
members, friends, and patrons of the 
State University. .VlthoUKli this institu- 
tion lias some dark passat,'es in its his- 
tory, these are illuminated by the brighter 
paires of success. The tfraduates that it 
sends out, year after year, constantly add 
to its record mncli that deserves the 
cojtnizauce of those wlio would keep in- 
formed of its prt>'rress. It is our puri>ose 
to perpetuate the future history of the 
I'niversity, as well as its past. With this 
aim, the Soivknik will be issiu'd annu- 
ally hereafter; and should it meet the 
encouraitement of those whom we have 
honestly striven to serve, the "labor" 
which its preparation requires will not 
be con.nidered "lost." 

The University has room for more stu- 
dents, and can serve them well. It can 
make more friends by briufjing to the 
notice of those uuaciiuaiuted with it, the 
a<lvantaKe8 it is able to uive. A work 
like the Souvenik, sent to friends, may 
lead others to seek the I'niversity halls. 

The HoiivKNiK desires no charity. It 
is worth the price asked, anil more. If 
it soatters more widely admiration and 
esh'em for our worthy institutions and 



men. or induces any others to come 
and dwell amouK us, its compilers will 
feel that their motives for its publication 
are sustained. 

An announcement for the next Souve- 
Nru will be found at the close of the 
arti<-le on the State University. Con- 
taining a comiilete List of Alumni of 
that institution, with their post-office 
addresses, professions, and Inisiness, and 
a trreater variety of reading,' (holiday lit- 
erature, prize essays, poems, re\-iews, and 
other articles by well-known or capable 
■writers — much of which is alreaily con- 
tributed)— it will be even better than 
this number. As elsewhere stated, we 
will be pleased to receive, at any time 
before November 1st, 1882, any informa- 
tion, jiot already published, in regard to 
the State University, its graduates, or 
its students. 

Our churches, societies, clergymen, 
attorneys, physicians, city and county 
officers, prominent citizens, — all these 
have received attention in these pa^fes. 
No other city in the State, and scarce 
another in the West, numbera amon^' its 
people as many cultured men as the 
".Vthens of Iowa." The city has also 
aci|uired new life, and in mannfacturin); 
and buildintr long steps have been taken 
away from the iiuietness of the past. 
These industries, however, can receive 
but a i)a88ing glance. Facts, figures, 
and history intermiDable, could be 
recorded, but already 

Timi- ix loHl. wliii'li never will mu-w. 
Wliilo we too flir llie plenniiii! path imrsiH'. 
HurruyiiiK 
the works of men who deserve greatness. 

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CONTENTS. 



Group of Portraits of Prominent ^1 em- 
bers OF Faculties. S. U. 1 2 

Preface 5 

Contents 7 

Scatter the Germs of the Beautiful 9 

A Christmas Scrid 9 

Publishers' Notice 10 

Stats University of Iowa 11 

Prejillorktl ■ 11 

liisteiical 11 

Origin 11 

First Board of Regents 12 

Partially Opened 12 

First Degi-ee Conferred 12 

Both Sexes Admitted 13 

In noil 13 

An Important Chanse 11 

In Mareli. Ism It 

Law Department 14 

MeiUcal Department U 

Salaries 15 

In March, lH7i (Chair of Military In- 
struction) 1.^ 

Homoeopathic Medical Department. Iti 

In 1S79-8H 16 

Statistics of Attendance It) 

Number of Graduates 17 

Comparative Statistics 17 

C/i I'oi' olofjical 17 

Presidents, lSo5-187» 17 

Collegiate Department — Professors 

and Instructors, Is.'ir)-1SH2 17 

Law Department— Chancellors, Pro- 
fessors, and Lecturers, 18BK-1X82..-. 18 
V Medical Department — Faculty, 1870- 

1»S2 19 

Homceopathic Medical Department 
-Faculty, 1S77-18K2 19 

Civil Engineering Department — 
Faculty, 1S76-1882 19 

Meinberii of the Fai^ultien and other Offi- 
cers, 1881-82 2(1 

Bwgraphical — President, J/ein-bers of 
the Farii/tifs. tiiid Lecturers, 1381-32. 21 

.Josiah L. Pickard, A.M.. LL.D 21 

Nathan R. Leonard, A,M 22 

Amos N. Currier, .\.M 23 

Gustavus Hinrichs, A.M., M.D 2t 

Charles A. Eggert. A.M.; Ph.D 2.5 

Lewis W. Ko89, A.M 2t) 

Stephen N. Fellows, A.M., D.D 27 

Washington F. Peck, A,M„ M,D.... 28 
Philo J. Fanlsworth. A.M.. M.D.... 29 
William S. Robertson. A.M., M.D. . . 29 
John C. Shrader, A.M., M.D 30 



Leonard F. Parker. A.M 

Samuel Calvin, A..M 

Allen C.Cowperthwaite. M.D., Ph.D, 

Susan F. Smith 

Lieut. George A. Thurston 

Austin .\dams, ,\.M 

Mark Ranney, M.D 

.John N. Rogers, LL.D 

Elmer F. Clapp. M.D 

Philetus H. Philbrick, M.S., C.E.. . . 

William D. Middleton. M.D 

Emiin McClain, A,M 

Cicero M. Hobby, M.D 

Israel P. Wilson. D.D.H 

Walter D. Stillman. M,D 

William C. Preston, A.M 

Thomas H. McBride. A.M 

Phebe Scofield 

John F. PoUey. C.E 

Colbert M. Des Islets. A.M.. Ph.D.. . 

Omer T. Gillett, A.M.. .M.D 

Mrs. Ada North 

Literary Societies 

Zetagathian 

Erodelphiau 

Hesperian 

Irving Institute 

Law 

List of Afteliding Students 

Collegiate Department 

La w Depart ment 

Meilical Dei>artment 

Homteopathic Medical Department. 
Conclusion — Alnnini, etc 



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A Review of European History in Iksi 4s 

Group of Portraits of Prominent Men of 
City and ( 'ounty .52 



Academies and Schools. 



lo u'<t City Acadetn // .54 

Biographical .55 

Iowa City Cominemat Collerje .57 

^yestern Co^iserratorij of Mnair .58 

Biographical .59 

Iowa City Public Schools 59 

History .59 

In 1868 60 

In 187.5-82 61 

Teachers 62 

High School 62 

Statistics 63 

Alfred A. Guthrie, A.M 63 

/fairs Prejtaratory and Xormat School, 63 

Biographical 64 



IIOUDAY SOi'VENlR AXD AXSLAL. 



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>/. Afj'itfui^K Stmitmry B5 

<,hool o/Arl 65 

CurnOMEH AND Clkkov fS 



Mtlhoiti*t EpUfoital 

Rov. Kmon Miller. A.M.. D.D. . . 
Kev. Herman H. Faimll. D.D... 



I'rtubytt riuii 67 

Rev. GeorBe P. Folgom, D.D 67 

>/. Mtiri/ti f'ftthfilir 68 

Rev. William EmomlB 68 

Fh-Kt lliilili'l 68 

Ucv. Henr.v ThumpKon 6it 

Rev. Dexter P. Smith, D.D 69 

Trinity Epii*t'ojtfit 69 

Rev. ('. Compton Burnett 70 

KiiijUhI, Kritiirjtiiiiit I.tillifran 70 

Rev. John X. M. Ziegler 70 

'u-iKtian 71 

Rev. Wm. Bayanl Craig 71 

"ui/i>(/(ifiottai 71 

Rev. Kergus L. Kenyon "2 

/'nifarian 72 

Rev. Oscar ('lute 72 

</. I'llliirk't fiilliolii- 72 

Rev. Patrick Sm.vthe 72 

' tuicltiition 73 

UllllClt.s AND SoCIETreS 74 

MtiHOiit-y 74 

Inwa <"ity LddKe. No. 1 74 

Royiil .\rch Maxonry 76 

Templnriflm 76 

iiilil F- lliiutliip 77 

(ioofl SjimnritHnKneanipment, No. 5, 77 

Kot*ciur*ko Lo(l(;e, No. 6 77 

Kurekii Lodffi'. No. 44 77 

Teutonia LoilKe, No. 129 78 

liuinil Orilrr of liiilril Workmen 78 

Iowa rily Lotlue. No. IM 7H 

.\t henn LfHlfce. No. 4 78 

(iermHn-.\meriean. No. 187 78 

hum Lrtiinn tif Ifiinnr 78 

lowHiily h<HlK<'. No. 18 78 

Canopy Lodice, Ntt. 42 78 

I ni* rii'tin Lrition nf Honor 78 

Wanhin^on Council. No. 737 78 

I'. .1. X, Fralrrnity 78 

tiiiyiil Arcanntn 78 

■ fr/iiin SortrfifM 70 

Relief ABaooiatioo 79 

.Mafnnerch<ir 79 

Itttlitminn SorieftfM 79 

(Irliutnik Ijilerary 79 



Slovannka Lipsa 79 

Za-itit 79 

Che»*ka Podijorujici Obec 79 

Itoimln Ctltholii- Mntntil Protectirf So- 

ri'ly 79 

Iowa City Hranch 79 

.S7. Jottt/lh'f Hociety 79 

Stale Hin'orteal Society 79 

CorNTY AND City Officers fiiom dates of 

OKOA.M/.ATIOS OK GOVERNMENT 80 

I'onnty tjjfjrerii 80 

Hiate Senators 80 

Reprem'ntativeH 80 

Sheriffs 81 

Clerkw of the District Court 81 

Treanu ren* 81 

Reconlers ^. . 81 

.\u<lilors 81 

Surveyors 81 

Coroners •. 81 

First Ortler Drawn on County 82 

First ( ounty Election 82 

lily Offi,;rf 82 

Mayors 82 

Treasurers 82 

City Clerks 82 

Aldermen. IKNO-St 82 

Fire Deimrlmeut M2 

Ihtr Pioneer* 82 

Bitl EF BlO(iR » I'll! ES 83 

Theodore S. Parvin. A.M.. LL.D.... KS 

.John W.Porter 8.') 

(ieorKe J. Koal 86 

Samuel H. Fairall 86 

Osmonil D.Goodrich J^ 

Capt. Benjamin Owen 87 

.John Cdldrcn. County Sheriff 87 

.\lex. L. Sorter. County K**corder... 88 

»ieor^:<' Iliiitimer 88 

GetirceT. Borland 88 

John Seydel 88 

Capt. Alfred B. Cree 89 

Fnink Tanner 89 

James H.C. Wilson 89 

James Hush Hartsock 91) 

Kdwurd K. Lucas 92 

r. W. Townsend 92 

Henry 8. W.Oton, A.M 92 

/^•phfiniah C. Luse 92 

lIuKh McOovern 9» 

Stephen Bradley 9:1 

Hon. (uMirKf Paul V,\ 

BiooHAi'UicAL Notch 94 

Etemtb of the Year I8ni 9h 

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Souvenir AND Annual 



FOR i881-82<= 



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SCATTEB THE GeKMS OF THE BEAUTIFUL. 

tr'catter the germs of the beautiful. 

Hy the wayside let them fall. 
That the rose may spring by the cottage gate, 

Antl the vine on the garden wall; 
Cover the rough and the rude of earth 

With a veil of leaves and flowers. 
And mark with the opening bud and cup 

The march of summer hours! 

Scatter the germs of the beautiful 

In the holy shrine of home; 
i Let the pure, aud the fair, and Ihp graceful tliere 

In the loveliest luster come ; 
Leave not a trace of deformity 

In the temple of the heart. 
But gather about its hearth the gems 

Of nature and of art I 

Scatter the germs of the beautiful 

In the temples of our God — 
The God who starred the uplifted sky, 

Aud flowered the trampled sodi 
When he built a temple for himself. 

And a home for his priestly race. 
He reared each arm in symmetry. 

And covered each line in grace. 

Scatter the germs of the beautiful 

In the depths of the human soul! 
They shall bu<l. and blossom, and benr the fruit. 

While tlie eniUess ages roll ; 
Plant with the flowers of charity 

The portals of the tomb. 
.\nd the fair and pure about thy path 

In Paradise shall bloom. _.[ M'aif. 



A CHRISTMAS SCRID. 

YEAR ago came Christmas, 
and again it lias come. Some 
hearts and eyes then were 
full of joy, and some were sad 
with recent griefs. Still the 
kaleidoscopic world revolved, and 
,, turned, mayhap, the happy ones of 
^ the past to the sorrowing of to-day. 
5 Could they lift the veil of years, to 
I many the future might look full of 
gloom and " gruesome sadness " — to you 




clear and shining as the bright sun on 
the white snow. 

It is so: he whom we had learned to 
love is dead. The chilling wind sweejis 
o'er the last resting place of her who was 
our all, — our mother, our love. A dear 
friend, — wayward, perhaps, but, oh, so 
gentle of heart, — sleeps his last sleep; 
and 'neath the "daisies and the snow" 
many a life, that might have been better, 
lies still and — forgotten, but "cannot 
know;" and "what cares he" now for 
the "whips and scorns of time?" 

Still, must we go on dreaming of .joys 
tasted, or take zest in those of the hour; 
like Rip Van Winkle, quafl' to "your 
good health, and yotir families," and 
wish that you may "live long and pros- 
per." 

Let fate lid her wurst. there are numieuts iif joy. 
Bright dreams of tlie past which she cannot 

destroy ; 
Which come in the nighttime of sorrow ami 

care. 
And brin^ back the features tliat joj' used tt» 

wear. 

And, though hearts there are whom 
the ice of the Christmas time were not 
colder, — men whom every day we see, 
and wonder at their success, — yet it can- 
not be but that a " world of care " rests 
on them, and their souls are chilled for 
the sunlight of mirth and good will and 
consciousness of deeds done well. 

" Write me as one who loves his felluw- 
meu," said Aboti Ben Adhem; and we, 
though a visible angel may not visit us, 
if our inward monitors whisper content 
with idl, may dream sweet and sleej) 
serenely calm. 

First, then, let us look to our homes, — 
see that we, who think it sweet to he 



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n'luembereJ, f(ir>;et none. Then our 
friends, our teaehers, our servimts, — let 
fliem not lie forjrotten, even if you give 
l>iit ii c-heerful word or friendly call. 

Tlie world is composed of little things, 
— a nentleraan does not foryet a cour- 
tesy, tliouuli it is small; a little act of 
kindness lives forever. 

Talk is cheap: it will not till a hunjfry 
stomach. Preach and (five gtxid adWce; 
lint, if you are able, supplement y<uir re- 
marks with something more snlistantial, 
when advisinj,' a " poor child of clay." 

And now the SorvENiR doffs its sober 
visatje, and under its trarb of crimson 
anil irold, smiles 

siXTEss TO .\ll: 

and thonjrh it antii-ijmtf soraetliiuu on 
its own account, its smile is none the 
less sweet, or true, or sincere. 



PUBLISHERS NOTE. 

.\s eiK'ouraj^emeut to literary com- 
position in our State, we make the fol- 
lowing offer. To the writer of the best 
iirifc'inal article on any of the subject* 
named below a 

Prize of Fifty Dollars 
will he awarded, — one -half payable in 
cash; the remainder in books, which can 
lie selected from any of the Iowa City 
bookstores. The article must be put in 
our hands before November 1st, 1882, 
and must contain no more matter than 
will cover six printed pages of the 
SorvENtR AND .\NNrAr„ — about four 
thousaml words. The prize will be 
awarded ten days after the publication 
of the next number of the SorvKNiK 
AND Anntal. Following are the 

SUBJECTS. 

I. Kdiii'ation and Educators. 

•2. Events of the Last Decade. 

:i. Kevii'W of United States History — 
ITTC, 1KS2. 

4. Thought and Style in CVimposition. 



5. Prominent American Writers of 
the Last Century. 

6. Commercial Progress in the United 
States and Territories since tlic Civil 
War. 

V. Music and the Drama in tlie I'nit- 
ed States. 

A committee of four competent persons 
will be selected to decide on the merits 
of the articles contributed, and their 
names will be made known to the con- 
testants when seven articles (the number 
necessary to a choice) have been contrib- 
uted. No more than one article will be 
received from any contestant — he can 
choose the subject that best 8uit.s him — 
and a mere rehash of the works of others 
who have written upon these subjects 
will not be considered. The accepted 
article must possess some distinctive 
character of its own. 

We feel sure that there are many who 

will contribute their own essays, or urge 

others to write, and thus sustain our 

efforts to spur on to noble emulation the 

rising young men of our State and 

country. 

Publishers Souvenir and Annual. 



VIEWS IN IOWA CITY. 

Should this number of the Sovvf.nib 
be received with favor, the number for 
1882-83 will contain a number of views 
of public buildings and manufactories 
in Iowa City. Among these will be: 

State University of Iowa, 

Hi'st Church Knildings, 

(irapc Sugar Works, 

Glass Works, 

Packing House, 

City Hall, and 

Court House. 
These views, by the way, are expensive, 
and considiring the attention they will 
attract to thi' city, it is no more thini fair 
that tliose interested should treat with 
some deference tlic work of their presen- 
tation. 



HOLIDAY SOUVENIR AND ANNUAL. 



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STATE UXIVHRSITY OF IOWA. 

A Skiidi. iif itit Rise diid Dcceliijuneat — 
List iif Faculties from Date of Organiza- 
t ill II — Brief BiograjMci of the Pirseii I 
Facilities, ill connection with Portraits of 
Prominent Members thereof — Complete 
Lists, to Date if Publication, of Attend- 
ing Students of Ciilhgiate, Laic, Medical, 
and Iloma'opathic Medical Departtiicnts 
— With other Historical, Statistical, and 
General Iiiforniation incidental to a De- 
scription of the Institution and its Sur- 
roundi/iffs. 

The helm may rust, the h^urel boush may fade, 
Oblivion's grasp may blvint the victor's blade: 
Bnt that briyht holy wreath which learning 

(jives, 
Untoru by Iiate, unharmed by envy, LIVES ! 

^-'':^ PnEFATOItlAL. 

j;N preseutiny to our readers 
this short liistory of the State 
University of Iowa, we ilesire 
to give a word of explanation. 
That some matter of value has 
been omitted, we shall not 
contest: but in tlie compila- 
tion of this sketch even, the mass of 
material to select from, the incomplete- 
ness of particular records, or their entire 
absence, coupled with the knowledge 
that brevdty was a vital necessity, made 
the task one of much labor. 

Facts of interest had to be unraveled, 
and separated from a mass of unimpor- 
tant detail; and, even after it had been 
compiled, much that might have been 
valuable had to be omitted. Necessa- 
rily, therefore, we cannot claim that, in 
this sketch, fvill justice is done the noble 
institution in which Iowa takes so much 
pride; yet, in presenting the most im- 
portant particulars, however deficient in 
minor incident, we map out at least an 
outline of the history of the University, 
and, in so doing, pay the highest triluite 
possible to the wisdom and foresight of 
the men to whose efforts we owe its es- 
tablishment; to its conscientious regents 
and officers, past and present; and to 
the accomplished faculties of its various 
departments to-day. 
Our native modesty does not permit 

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us to express here the pleasure thiit we 
feel, in i^resenting, as a frontispiece, in 
connection with this sketch, the artistic 
grou]] of portraits of prominent mem- 
bers of the faculties. If the satisfaction 
of the friends and the students of the 
University, in this little memento, is near 
as great as ours, we shall lie amply re- 
paid for all our tiitie, care, and expense 
in preparing it. 



HISTORICAL. 

OEIGIN. 

The origin of the State University of 
Iowa is fotuid in an act of Congress, 
dated July 20th, 1840. This act reads as 
follows : 

"That the Secretary of the Treasury 
be, and he is hereby, authorized to set 
apart and reserve from sale, out of any 
public lands within the Territory of 
Iowa, to which the Indian title has been 
or may be extingiiislied, and not other- 
wise appropriated, a quantity of land, 
not exceeding two entire toAvnships, for 
the use and support of a University with- 
in the said Territory, when it becimies a 
State, and for no other use or purpose 
whatsoever, to be located in tracts of 
not less than an entire section, corres- 
ponding with any of the legal divisions 
into which the pulilie lands are author- 
ized to be surveyed." 

The Legislature of the Territory of 
Iowa early recognized the importance 
of i^roviding for such an institution, and 
February 25th, 1811, passed a series of 
resolutions on he subject, which General 
A. C. Dodge, our delegate in Congress, 
was instructed to lay before the Secre- 
tary of the Treasury. 

The original grant made by Congress 
set apart 46,OcS0 acres of land, whicli was 
to form the endowment of the Univer- 
sity. The General Assembly, which con- 
vened in Iowa City, November 30th, 1846, 
approved an act entitled "An Act to lo- 
cate and establish a State University" 
on February 2.5th, 1847, and the passage 
of this act gave hopes that the Univer- 
sity would be at least partially organ- 
ized at an early day. But subsequent 
developments, unforeseen at the time, 
made the attainment of this hope utterly 
impracticable. 



12 



II OL IDA r SOI] ■ A'.V n{ AXI* .1 -V MM.. 



THE FIBST BOARD OF TBUSTEES 

ooiicisted of An»('l BrisRS, of Jncksoii 
comity ; James P. Ciirleton, Hii<;li D. 
Downey, Thomas Snyder, Samuel H. 
MeC'rory, Curtis Bat<?s, Silas Foster, 
E. C. Lyou anil James H. Gower, of 
Johnson county ; Georm'e G. Vincent, 
of Washington county : Georifc Atchi- 
son, of Jefferson county ; Willi.-ini G. 
■Woixlwaril anil Theoilnre S. Parvin, of 
Muscatine county ; W. H. Starr, of 
Des Moines county ; and Sylvester G. 
Matson, of Jones county. 

The first meeting of the Board appears 
to have been held in the early part of 
the summer of 1K17. The first record we 
have of their proceedinj;s is that of an 
ndjoiirifil meetinjr, held on July IStli, 
1H47. James P. Carlcton was elected 
President pro tem/mrc. A committee a|)- 
pointed at a jirevious meeting reported 
n code of l>y-laws, which were ado))ted. 
Silas Foster was elected Vice-President; 
Thomas Snyder, Corresiiouding Secreta- 
ry; and Htigli 11. Downey, Recording 
Secretary, — the Treasurer of the State 
being fx-t'Jtirin Treasurer of the Univer- 
sity. They resolved to hold two regular 
meetings each .vear, the annual in Jan- 
uary and the senii-annual in June — 
cliangeil In Deci-mbcr, lS."iS, by legisla- 
tive enactment — and the President was 
authorized to call special meetings when- 
ever he deemed it necessary. Under 
those regulations, numerous meetings 
were held from time to time for consul- 
tation, at which no business of any 
moment was transacted. 

An ineffectual attempt was made to 
open the University in IHiVt, and the 
Mechanics' Academy was leased, and 
correspondence entered into with several 
gentlemen, with a view to their taking 
charge of it. After stmie unimportant 
negotiations, tlie contemplated opening 
was al),indoned, and nothing further was 
acconi]ilished that year. 

In March, 1855, the University whs 

PABTIALLY OPENED, 

for a term of sixteen weeks. This actii>n 
appears to have been somewhat infor- 



mal, as the records of the Board do not 

show any explicit authority for it. 

In the same year, H. AV. Latlirop was 
elected Treasurer, the first to occupy 
that position — the State Treasurer hav- 
ing previously performed the duties of 
that office. During this term there were 
between seventy-five and one hundred 
students in attendance. 

lu compliance with an act of the Gen- 
eral Assembly, approved January 2oth, 
18.5.5, for the relocation of the seat of 
government, the capital was located at 
Des Moines in the s|>ringof 1fCjC>; but, as 
there were no suitable Ijuildings there, 
the State ollicers continued to use the 
old ones, until suitalile quarters were 
provided in Des Moines, altliough the 
capitol at Iowa City had been donated to 
the State for University purposes. 

D. Franklin Wells has the distinction 
of being the first person upon wlioni the 
honorary degree of Bachelor of Arts was 
bestowed by the University. 

In December, 1857, the State officers 
vacated the buililings here, and removed 
their ipiarters to Des Moines, leaWng the 
building in tlie possession of the Univer- 
sity, with the exception of the rooms oc- 
cupied by the United States District 
Court. 

In 18.58 a resolution was adopted, ex- 
cluding females from the University, 
after the close of the term then in ses- 
sion; and, in the same year, the 

FIRST DKOUEE EVER CONFERRED 

by the institution upon one of its stu- 
dents was bestowed, — the person so 
honored being Dexter E. Smith. 

The Board of Education commenced 
its first session December (Ith, 18,58. It 
consisted of thirteen memlu-rs, viz., the 
Lieutenant-Governor, who was i>residing 
officer, the Govi'rnor, and one member 
from each of the eleven Judicial Dis- 
tricts, to l>e elected by the i)eople. With 
the view of remedying as far as possible 
the embarrassments growing out of the 
unauthorized let.'islation of the General 
Assembly, on tlie 1.5th of December, a 
week after the decision of the court was 



HOLIDAY f^OUVENlR ASB AySCAL. 



13 



rendered, they passed a law legalizing 
and confirming all proceedings had in 
conformity with the act of March l'2th, 
1858. The "Act for the government and 
regulation of the State University of 
Iowa " was passed December 25th, 1858. 
The greater portion of this law was 
simply a re-enactment of that passed by 
the General Assembly in March previous. 
The clanse creating scliolarships was 
omitted. It provided for a Board of 
Triistees, consisting of seven persons, to 
1)6 elected by the Board of Education, — 
three of whom were to hold olHce for 
one year, and four for three years. They 
were authorized to appoint their own 
presiding officer, a Treasurer, Liln-arian, 
Secretary, and a Curator of the Cabinet 
of Natural History, and to fill vacancies 
in unexpired terms when the Board of 
Education was not in session. Their 
first meeting was to be held on the first 
Wednesday in February, 1859, and the 
annual meeting on the last Tuesday in 
June of each year. 

BOTH SEXES WERE ADMITTED 

to all departments of the University, on 
an equal footing, in 1859. The Library 
then contained four hundred and eighty- 
four volumes, and the total expenditure 
for apparatus for the various depart- 
ments amounted to ^l,773.-57. These 
figures show how extremely limited 
were the facilities for instruction at this 
early period of the University's history. 

IN 1860 
there were 89 students in attendance in 
the Normal Department, six of whom 
graduated. At a meeting of the Board 
held June 28tli, 1860, it was resolved to 
complete the organization of the Univer- 
sity, and a plan submitted by President 
Totten was adopted. It pro\-ided for sis 
departments, viz : 1, Moral and Intellec- 
tual Philosophy and Belles-Lettres; 2, 
History and Political Economy; 3, An- 
cient and Modern Languages; 4, Mathe- 
matics and Astronomy; 5, Chemistry and 
Natural Philosophy; 6, Natural History. 
The Normal was made a separate de- 
partment, and placed under the exclu- 
sive control of the Principal. Two stu- 



dents from each county in the State 
were to be admitted to this department, 
free of tuition charges, while all students 
of the department were i-equired to sign 
a declaration of their intention to engage 
in teaching upon graduation. Under 
the new order of things, the first session 
was formally opened on Wednesday, 
September lyth, 1860, and the organiza- 
tion of the University may, with propri- 
ety, date from that time. 

All through the gloomy period of the 
war, the work of the University went on, 
and, notwithstanding the prostration of 
the commercial and productive interests 
of the country, the most sanguine expec- 
tations of the Board were realized in the 
progress of the institution. VOut of the 
small number of students then in attend- 
ance, 128 took arms to defend the cause 
of their country. 

The first class in the Collegiate De- 
partment graduated in 1863. 

The General Assembly convened on 
the second Monday in .January, 1864, 
and by an act approved March 19th, 
1864, as authorized by the constitution, 
abolished the Board of Education, and 
restored the office of Superintendent of 
Public Instruction. By this action the 
General Assembly resumed full jurisdic- 
tion over the subject of education. They 
passed "An Act to amend an act en- 
titled an act for the government and 
regulation of the State University," ap- 
proved March 21st, 1864. It was nearly 
a re-enactment of the law passed by the 
Board of Education at its last session, 
leaving out the provision making a 
diploma given to graduates of the Nor- 
mal Department evidence of qualifica- 
tion to teach in the public schools of 
the State, and the restrictive clause 
relative to the number of professors and 
tutors. 

By an act of March 24th, 1864, an 

APPROPRIATION OF •'s;20,000 

was made for an additional building, 
and, under the superintendence of Rob- 
ert S. Finkbine, the Ijuilding was par- 
tially completed in the fall of 1865, at a 



14 



IK H J DAY SOUVENIR AND ANNUAL. 



cost exceeding the oriffinal appropria- 
tjiin by about two tlioiisand dolliirH. 

The first stiuloiit of the Univprsity who 
rpceiveJ the decree of A. M. was Bush 
Emery, of the chiss of 18(>1. 

AK IMPORTANT CHANGE 

in the phin of ort.'!iiiizati>>ii was made in 
18<V>. Tlie former <>r;,'aiiizatii)n liy de- 
partments was abandoneil. and that of 
chisses, in a moditieel form, stihstituted, 
witli a radical ehan-.'e in the eomlitions 
of admission and graduation. Formerly 
a student misht obtain the deijree of 
Bachelor of Science without having 
studied any one of the natural sciences, 
or the decree of Bachelor of Arts with- 
out any knowledt;e of ancient lanj,'uaffeK, 
his graduation being based ujion the 
niimbev of stiiiUis in which he had sus- 
tained a satisfactory examination. 

The modified [dan, adopted at this 
meeting, consisted of three departments, 
viz., the Preparatory, Normal, and Colle- 
giate. The Collegiate Department em- 
braced two regular eour.srs of study — 
the Classical and the Scientific — each 
divided into four classes, the Freshman, 
Sophomore, ,Tunior, anil Senior, each 
class embracing the studies of one year; 
thus refiuiring four years for the com- 
idetitm of each course. 

IN MAKCH, 1800, 
the General Assembly made liberal ap- 
propriations for the iiortli hall or cliai)el, 
and for necessary repiiirs in tlie dllTerent 
buildings. 

In ISfifi the Meclianics' Academy, now 
known as Mercy Hospital, was donated 
to the Uuivei-sity in fee simple by the 
General Assembly. During that year 
there were WW students in attendance, of 
whom 3C2 were males, and 3(X) females. 

THE LAW DEPAKTMENT 

of the University was established by the 
Board, at the annual meeting, in .Tune, 
ls(«.s. and n committee was a|>pointed to 
|f)ok after the interests of the depart- 
ment, secure professors and lecturers, 
and report nt the next meeting. 

Till' (icneral Assembly, by an act ap- 
jirovi'il ^Iiirch !>tli. HfW, appropriated 



twenty thousand dollars "for the pur- 
pose of making necessary repairs upon 
the buildings ludonging to the Univer- 
sity, and giving such aid to the Scien- 
tific and other departments as the Trus- 
tees may deem proper to establish, in 
in order to increase their efficiency." 

.\t a speci.d meeting of the Board, held 
September 17th, ISflS, the committee on 
a Law Di'ijartment, appointed at a [ire- 
vious meeting, reported an arrangement 
made with the Iowa Law School, at Des 
Moines, which had been organized, and, 
for three years previous, in successful 
operation, under the charge of Hon. 
Geo. G. Wright, Hon. C. C. (\ile, and 
Hon. Wm. G. Hammond ; and, by this 
arrangement, tlie institution, as it had 
existed at Des Moines, was transferred to 
Iowa City, jind merged into the Law 
Department of the State University. 

At the same special meeting of the 
Board, held Sei)tember 17th, 1808, a com- 
mittee was appointed to consider the 
ipiestion of the establishment of a 

MEDICAL DErAnXMEXT, 

and snbseiiuently reported in favor of its 
establishment. Seven chairs were eon- 
stitnted, — the professors toser\-c without 
compensation until such time as the 
Board of Trustees, or the Legislature, 
should provide for the same. This [re- 
port was adopted. 
During the year which closed June, 

1868, there had been 445 students in 
attendance at the University, — of whom 
275 were males, andj 170 females. Of 
these, 100 were in the Collegiate Dei)art- 
nient, 103 Normal Dejiartinent, 14 irreg- 
ular and 'l'i?< Prepar.itory students. 

The annual meeting of the Board for 

1869, was held .Tune 20th, and continued 
until July 1st. At this meeting it 
was ordered that a part of the ^south 
hall be fitted up for the Medical Depart- 
ment, and that three thousand dollars be 
set aside for that purpo.se. 

In the year closing June, 186'.), there 
had been in attenilance at the University, 
3!)3 students, 144 of whom were females. 

.\t tlie session of the General Assem- 



HOLIDAY SOUVENIR AND ANNl'AL. 



15 



bly, begun January 10th, 1870, there was 
passed the act, approved April 11th, 
1870, for the goTernment of the State 
University, it lieiug the same as Chapter 
2, Title XII., of the Code of 1873. except 
slight verbal changes and the addition of 
Section 1603 of the Code. Under this 
law was instituted the Board of Kegents, 
as the governing power of the University, 
and it is at the present time the funda- 
mental law of the institution. Previous 
to the passage of this law, the report of 
the committee, appointed by the Legis- 
lature, at the same session, to visit the 
University, had been rendered. The 
committee said : "Your committee are 
strongly impressed with the conviction 
that the State University is accomplish- 
ing a great work. They believe that, in 
many respects, it ranks with the best 
institutions of the kind in the country. 
That it may be justly regarded with 
feelmgs of pride by the people of the 
entire State, and that it deserves to be 
fostered, patronized, and supported by 
the people of the State, whose institu- 
tion it is, as the crowning glory of 
their great system of free public schools." 

June 28th, 1870, the Board of Regents 
held their first meeting, and were duly 
organized according to the law of their 
appointment. William J. Haddock was 
elected Secretar}-, and Hon. E. Clark 
re-elected Treasurer. 

The first term of the Medical Depart- 
ment was opened October 21th, 1870, 
and continued until March, 1871, at 
which time there were three graduates; 
the whole number of students iu the 
department, during the term, being 
thirty-nine. 

By an act of the Fourteenth General 
Assembly, approved April 6th, 1872, 
there was appropriated from the State 
Treasury the sum of S52,300, for the 
support of the institution for two years, 
increase of salaries, improvements, etc. 

SALAKIES. 

At the June meeting, 1872, it was re- 
solved that the salary of each of the 
professors occupying the chairs of Sur- 



gery, Materia Medica, Theory and Prac- 
tice, Physiology, Anatomy, and Obstet- 
rics, in the faculty of the Medical De- 
partment, for the ensuing year, be $900. 
For previous services no compensation 
was allowed, besides the payment of 
actual expenses. The salaries of the 
professors of the Collegiate Department 
were fixed at •'?1,800; the salary of Chan- 
cellor Hammond was fixed at ij;2,300, and 
that of President Thacher at $2,800. 

A committee of homceopathic physi- 
cians appeared before the Board to re- 
quest the establishment of a department 
for giving instruction in homceoi^athy, 
and the Board referred the subject to a 
committee, with instructions to report 
thereon at the next meeting. 

During the year 1872, the number of 
students in attendance was .518, of whom 
there were iu the Law Department 01; 
in the Medical Department, 71; in the 
Collegiate Department, .383. Of these, 
161 were female students. 

AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IN JUNE, 1873, 

the Board established a chair of English 
Language and Literature, as well as one 
of Civil Engineering, afterward consti- 
tuted a department. An additional res- 
ident professorship in the Law Depart- 
ment was also established. 

The committee to whom was referred 
the subject of a department of Homceo- 
pathy reported that, considering the 
condition of the finances of the Univer- 
sity, it was impossible for the Board to 
enlarge the operations of the Medical 
Department, and they referred the sub- 
ject to the next General Assembly. 

IN MAKCH, 1871, 
the General Assembly voted an appro- 
priation of $46,000 to the University for 
its maintenance. 

At the Ju)ie meeting of this year there 
was established a chair " to be styled the 
chair of military instruction." The Pres- 
ident of the United States was requested 
to ajjpoint an officer for the position, as 
provided liy law, and, accordingly. Lieu- 
tenant A. D. Schenck, of the Second Ar- 
tillery, U. S. Army, was detailed as 



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IKpI.IDAY HOUVMNIH -lAX* ^iNNUAL. 



" Professor of Military Science and Tac- 
tics," liy order of the Wiir Pepiirtment, 
AtJKUst 2tith, and reported fur duty Sep- 
tember Idth. Lieuteniiiit Sclienck was 
afterward relieved l>y Lieutenant .liimes 
Chester, Brevet Captain, Third Artillery, 
U. H. A., who reported, as ready for duty, 
Januar)- 1st, 1!S77. Captain Chester held 
the position until December, 1879, when 
he was detailed to other service, — Lieu- 
tenant Geortfe A. Tlnirston, of the Third 
United States Artillery, assuminj; the 
duties of the chair on the first day of 
January, 18W. 

At the same session of the Board an 
appropriation of !f4,(5(KI was made for the 
erection of an observatory and fitting of 
the buildnij,'. 

Durinsr the year 1874-7.'), tlicre were 
023 students in attendance, — ;W Seniors, 
3(j Juniors, 37 So|ihomores, 40 1'Vcshmen, 
187 Sub-Freshmen, iK) not in course, lt)C 
in the Law Department, and •,)4 in the 
Medical Department. Of the whole 
number, 142 were females. 

At a meetini; of the Board in this year, 
the .salary of the Cliaiicellor of the Law 
Dejiartment was raised to !?2,.'")(l(), and 
that of the resident profes.sors was fixed 
at :Sl,.'i(HI. At a meetins of the Board, 
in l>es Moines, in the same year, Mr. 
Clark tendered his resi^jnation as Treas- 
urer, liavinj; been elected to the State 
Senate. Mr. Jolin \. Coldren was elect- 
ed Mr. Clark's successor, and his bond 
for *1IM),(MMI accepted. 

.\t tlie session of the Sixteenth General 
.\Hsembly, wliich l)enan January Itltli, 
187(1, tliere was appropriated, by the act 
approved Man'h 17th, 187(1, ^47,4.';7, " to 
aid in the present supjiort of the State 
University in all its cliairs and depart- 
ments, and the expenditures incident to 
the maintenance of said institution for 
tlie ensuing biennial period." 

ri< >M<Kor,\THtn i)i:i'AnT.MENT. 
By the same act, the Kegents were 
directed t<i establish u department of 
Honid'opathy, in ccuinecticm with the 
Me.lical Department of the University, 
to consist of two chairs, and of the sum 
appropriated, *4,1(K' were speciticjilly set 



apart for the snpport of the chairs in 
Homieopathy, and not to be used for 
any other purpose. 

At the June session, 1877, an election 
was had to fill the chairs of the Honueo- 
pathic Department, which resulted in 
the choice of A. C. (^owperthwaite, M.D., 
of Nebraska City, as Professor of Mate- 
ria Medica, and W. H. Dickinson, M.D., 
of Des Moines, as Professor of Theory 
and Practice. 

In October, 1878, the Homoeopathic 
Department was moved from the quar- 
ters it had hitherto occupied, corner 
of Clinton and Washington streets, to 
the new building on Clinton street, above 
Iowa Avenue, where it still remains. 
From a class of eight, that number of 
students being in attendance during the 
first term, it has gradually increased, 
until, this year, there are upward of 
sixty students in attendance. 

A great improvement was the putting 
in of steam heaters in the main and 
south buildings, 

IN 1879-80. 

This necessitated the constructiim of 
an engine-house, and it was built two 
stories in liight, the upper room being 
utilized as an armory, where, in shining 
array, may be seen Uncle Sam's muskets 
and l)ayonet8. During this time, also, 
many improvements were maile in the 
cara|)us ; substantial stone jjavements 
were laid from the gates on the north, 
south, and east, leading to the various 
entrances of the buildings ; trees that 
had grown vip without regard to order or 
beauty were trimmed and thinned out, 
and to-day the campus is one of the 
most beautiful lawns in the State. It 
would be tedious to mention all the im- 
provements of the i)ast three years, and 
the few that we have spoken of are 
among the least. 

STATISTICS OF ATTF.NPANCE. 

The following table shows the number 
of stndeut« that have grailuated in the 
different de|)artmentfl. Figures differing 
from these have been published at vari- 
ous times, l>ut this list may be taken as 
autlioritativc. 



HOLIDAY SOVrENm AND ANNUAL. 



17 



KtJMBEB OF GRADUATES. 



YEAK. 




i 


S 


•a 




Total. 


1R58 


5 

6 
6 
9 
13 
2 
10 
9 
<l 
19 
15 
10 
18 
21 
18 
15 


1 








8 


1859 








8 


IH61). 










8 


ISIil 










9 


1X63. 










13 


1SC3 


4 
4 








8 


181)4 








14 


1S85 








9 


laiili. . 


1 
5 
3 
12 

14 

6 
19 
19 
19 
32 
21 
25 
25 
19 
45 
32 


12 
9 
11 

17 
19 
28 
43 
55 
84 
72 
55 
74 
88 
100 
111 
88 






22 


ISti? 






33 


18W 






29 


1SR9 






39 


1K70 






51 


1S71 

Wl 

1S73 

1871 


3 
18 
30 

li 

19 
15 
22 
35 


"'i' 
3 
9 

18 


56 
96 
119 

KW 


1875 




123 


1S76 




98 


1.S77 

2H7S 





112 
131 


1879 




137 


1880. . 




187 


1881 




171 








Total. 


185 


308 


842 


219 


29 


1.581 



COMPARATIVE. 

The total number of graduates, in suc- 
cessive quinqueniiiums, was, in the 

First five years 40 

Second five years 84 

Third five years 271 

Fourth five years .560 

Laxt four years 626 

The students of the State University 
are drawn from all circles of society, and 
from nearly all States of the Union. Its 
alumni are scattered all over the country, 
.occupying positions of honor and trust, 
filling them accejitalily and with credit. 
That this institution places competent 
instruction within the reach of a very 
large class of ambitious young men and 
women, whose means will not allow them 
to attend the leading private colleges, 
owing to high prices charged, is a most 
commendable feature. It is no longer 
necessary to travel to the richly endowed 
colleges of the East to find the spring 
of knowledge, for near at hand we have 
a fount where may be drank the deepest 
draughts of wisdom. 

Every citizen of the State has reason 
to be proud of the University. It is, in 
truth, doing a great work. Respect and 
honor are due its officers and preceptors, 
and the hard-won laurels of its first 
quarter-century will grow richer, year by 
year, as its work grows still more effec- 
tive and universal. 



CHRONOLOGICAL. 

LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND FACULTIES 
TO AND INCLUDING 1881. 

PEESIDEXTS." 

AMDS Dean, LL.D 1855. ..1858 

Silas Totten, D.D., LL.D 1880. ..1862 

Olivkk M. Spencer, D.D.f 1882. . .1867 

James Black, D.D 1888... 1870 

(iEORCrE Thai'HER, D.D 1871. ..1877 

Christun W. Slaole,! I'i77...1878 

JOSIAH L. PiCKARD, LL.D 1878... 



COLLEGIATE DEPAUTME XT. 

[This Department was opened in September, 
1855. In June. 1858. all instruction was suspend- 
ed for want of funds to meet current exi>enses. 
Instruction in the Normal Course was resumed 
in Novf'nd)t'r. l^.'is, and in the ColleKiate Courses 
S''[it.'mtK'r. Is .11. The Normal became a part of 
the t'ollegiate Courses in June, 1873.] 

PEOPESSOBS. 

nistonj. j,jioj,_ TO. 

Amos Dean, LL.D 1855. . .18.58 

James Black, D.D 1888. . .1889 

Theodore S. Parvin, A.M 1869. ..1870 

Mathematics. 

Alexander Johnston, A.M 1855: . .1856 

Frederick Humphrey, A.M 1856. . .1858 

.Vatt/ematics ajid Astroiiomii. 

Nathan K. Leonard, A.M 1860. . . 

Theonj ami Practice of Teac/imrr. 

John Van Valkenburfr 1855. . .1856 

D. Franklin Wells, A.B 1856. . .1866 

Stephen N. Fellows, D.D 1887. ..1873 

Ancient Lancj'iaqca. 

Abel Beach, A.M 1S55. . .1855 

Henry S. Welton, A.M 1855. ..1858 

Josepli T. Robert, LL.D 1883. . .1887 

Amos N. Currier. A.M 18B7...1870 

Mental anil Moral Science, 

Silas Totten, D.D., LL.D 1859. . .1882 

Oliver M. Spencer, D.D 18i2...1887 

Stephen N. Fellows, D.D. (acting). ...1888... 1873 

Chemiafry and Xalttral P/iilosojj/ii/. 

Oliver M. Spencer, A.M., D.D ISft). . .1864 

Pki/sicat Science. 

Gustavus Hinrichs, A.M., M.D 1864... 

Xa'iiral Science. 

Theodore S. Parvin. A.M 1880. . .1869 

Charles A. White, A.M., M.D 1887.,, 1873 

Samuel Calvin, A.M 1873. . . 

Ancient anil Modern Lancjnaqes. 
James Lillie, M.D., D.D 1860. . .1863 

*To save space, the names of Presidents are 
omitted at the heads of the different depart- 
ments. 

fFrom June26th. 1888. and until the election ot 
President Black, Prof. Nathan R. Leonard filled 
the position of President prn /'//'. of the facul- 
ties; and from Auj^ust 29tli, 1887, until the elec- 
tion of President Black, was acting President of 
the University. 

J To fill the vacancy caused by the resifjnation 
of Dr. Thaclier, in June, 1877, the Hoard of 
Resents, in .June, 1877, appointed Mr. SlaKle, 
one of tlieir number. President liro tent., and he 
served tuitil President Pickard's installation, in 
June. 1878. 



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HOIJUAY lyOUVKSlll A.\J) -I.Y.Vr.l/.. 



Motltrn Lauguagtt anil LUrralurt.* 

Cliiirlee A. EKiwrt, A.M., Pli.D IpCS... 

Littin Liiitgiiaije (iinl Littrahirt. 
Amo8 N. ( 'urrier, A.M 1870, , , 

iirtek Lting'tdijt a ml Litfrttturt^ainl llitttoryaint 
( 'oitij/ti rati rf P/t itoiogy.i 

Lvonanl F. Parki-r, A,M 167il... 

Mtiifttt Scitiicr, 

iiwTge Thiiclier, D,D Ih72. , ,1877 

Ithlufticfi null Potiticnl tiitd Monit Seiehct.% 

titepben N. Fellows, D D 1»78, . . 

Ciril Ktiriintcriiig. 

Philetus H. Pliilbriik, .M,S„ CE 1873, .,1876 

English Lintgntigi' iind Lifft'dluir. 

(iilhiTt L. I'iiikliiiiii, A,M 1n73,..1878 

PlieU' \V, Suillow lKiK,..li*il 

8u«in F, Smith IKftl,., 

Militnrij Sclfftcf aod Tarflfn. 
A1«'XiiiuUt D, Sfliem-k. First Lifiitcit- 

iilit S<'i'oiiil .\rlill<T.v I', S, .\ 1'>71...1n77 

JaiiH^ ClH-sifr, First LifUii'iuini Tliiai 

.Vrtillery, Brevet I'uptKiii U, S, .\,.|s77. .,ltvSI 
Georire .\. 'llmrston, Fii>t Lieut eiialit 

Tbinl U, S, Artillery InSI. , . 

ASSISTANT PROFESSOIJS. 

i'htniinli'y tiiiti Xtitiimt PliituHoiihij. 

(Tiistiivus Hiiirichs, CP lHiW,,,lHtU 

Husb Eiiiery, A,M„ I'b.l) l«W.,,ls<«l 

WiUiiimCPresli.ii, H-.l'li,, A,>1 IwW,,, 

Milt III niitties, 
Alexander Tbompsun, CE 1K71 , , ,ls72 

PBINC1PAL.S OF THE PKEPAKATOKV DB- 
PARTMENT, 

E, M, iiiiaiii, A,M 18.-Ki...ls.'>s 

E, M. liiilKii. A,.M lMll...ls<it 

t'bnrlosi', HMrliiiid, A,.M IMiJ.. .IHW 

8, Sylvester Howell, A,M INIi7.. .IstiS 

E. C. Ebcrsole, A,5I I»j8,..181l) 

ISSTRrCTOltS AND TEACHER.S. 

Eihvnnl Hotideli, Mddeni Laiij^uiiiri's,. !>•,•>«,,, 18,58 

Liivinin Dtivi^. ,\(>riital IsriH. . .187(1 

M, A. M<(;i)riei,'al. Niiriiud In «,..18iil 

E. v. Wliipple. .Musie IsiKi. . .isii2 

.\nii'lla ('. I'raer. N'lniiul IHill. . .IH(15 

O.C, IsIm-U. Miisie iNi.V . .lnj(i 

C, F. Clarke. Miisie 1h<h...isK1 

<tu-laviis Hiiiriehs, MimI, UmKiinKOt*. ,1n>'2, . .imU 

.le— le M. IJoweli. N.inil.d l-IU. . . IMil 

K. II. Wliite. (iynirwislii- lMi:l. . .1-Jiri 

Cliarli-s K. Horlitnd, Latin and f i riH'k.l^i^t. . .l^cW 
Cbarl.s A. Kuitert. .Mc«l. Laiii:tiai,'es...l.'<>U...IN<I.'i 

8. L'Miis;! Itraiiierd. rrepjiratory W»L..lH<i7 

Miitlie ,1. ISiiuinali, Niirnial Wll.. .l>«'>.'i 

Sallit' .Mixire. Nurinal INil. . .l-<i."> 

Tliomas t 'alv**r. (tyiiii)a*,ties I84i'). . ,Isll.*i 

KIlea K. MiM.re. .\.H., Preparatory IHm. . .I.vi'.l 

May I'arviii, .\.H., Preparatory l-liri. . .IKlHl 

Mary K. Hart. U.S.. l"re|>aratory |.-tl."i. . .IwUI 

Mary 10. (rocker. Preparatory IHIiri... IKiili 

Janies llobert. A.M.. Prvpnriitory INiri. ..li^iW 

Martlia line. Normal 1.8(l."i, . . iNi? 

H. v.. MiKiH.. A.M.. MatliiMnalies INlil...l«17 

H. S. H..well. A.M., IjiI. and (iri-.'k. ...iMlli. . .I8i7 

Henry S. Pe^kin^, Mn.-ie IhiIII. . .IMW 

A. T. Smith, Music 18ii(l,,,H>tV8 



•(■<»m|)aralive Pbiloloiry, 187(^ISSL 
♦ tireek Ijiiiunaife and Literature only, l>'7il-74: 
Instmetor in History. 1^71 7s ; tireek IjatiKtinKu 
nnd Litenilnreand Hist'iry. Is7s, anil, with these, 
in |s«l, Comiuirative Pliilolocy, 
', Mviitul Science HubctituUnl in ItCit, 



Gmmn Brown, Preparatory 18'16.,,lsa8 

t'elia A, Moore, B,S.. Preparatory lNIIrt...l8ij« 

llaehel Klliott . Preparatory IsiUi. . AHM 

S. Anunsta Zimini>raian. Preparatory. Is Wt. .. ls(»7 

Jjnsiin li. Kowley Normal IsllH. . .Ihii7 

Siisiin F. Hale, A.M.. Preparatory 1S,8.. .Istilt 

Kllen A. Itich. A. 51.. Matliemalirs ....lNli'.i...ls71 

Celia A. Cnrrier. U.S.. Ijitin Isil'.l. . .Is7| 

(iillMTl L. Pinkhain, A.B., Eni;lish...lsiiii.. .1-7(1 
Jamis .M. tiow, A.M.. Mathematics.. .|s(l'.l...ls7i( 
O, C, Isliell. Mn-ie IslKI. . .Is71 

E, (', Fbersid.', A.M.. tireek lKl!t...l87ii 

Fnink K. Nipln'r, H.Ph.. Physics 187(1.. .1871 

Sarah F. Loniiliridiie. Normal 187((...187» 

L, Smith Manna. i.,a(in IK71,,,1872 

Otto Sehm idt, (iernnin 1871 , . .1872 

(ieorui r. Keller. A.M.. Fnstlish 1871. ..1872 

F. A. (iriflith. ll.Ph.. Malhematies . ...Ih71. . .Is71 
(lilbert L. Pinkhnm. A.M.. Fnclish. . . 1872. . .Is7:t 

I'elia A. Currier. Ii.8.. Latin 1s72...1k74 

PriseiUaMillikim, A.U,.LHt.and(Jrk..l873...l8i4 

Caroline Pinkham. FnKlish 187,1, . .1874 

Joseph C. Matthews. .\.B.. (ierman ...1873. ..1874 

L. Smith Hanna. A.!!.. I>atin 1874. .,1875 

Phebe Seoheld, Mat hematics 1874. . . 

Sanih F. Lout-hridite. Latin 1S74...1881 

li ustavns Hulmer. ( ierman 1874. . . l-s7tt 

Anna C. lii.xbv. Fntdisli 1874 ... 187.1 

Fnink K. Brush. A.B.. Lat. and (ireek. 1x71. . .187."> 

Alf nsl Wood. B.Ph.. (ierman Is't . . .187.1 

Mary E. Apthorp. A.H.. Lat. and (jrk... Is74. ..!»«(> 

Blanche H. I.ih'. (ierman Is7."). ..lK7(i 

Wni. D.Tisdale, A.B., I jit. and .Math.. 1S7.-.. ,,ls7li 
\Vm, Osmond. .V.B.. Fnu. and (iernnm. |s7(i. ..18711 
Minnie !•",. I,ronard. B.Ph., llernian.,. . Is7s. . .|87» 
Harriet .1. Parker, A,H.. tier, anil (irk. 187(1. . .188(1 
Edwanl .M. HcHith, A.M.. I'.locntion... .Is78... 188(1 
C. M. Des Islets, A.M.. Lat., (irk.. Eloclssl. . . 



LAW DKI'AIITMEXT. 

I Fonndtnl at Dt»s Moines, as the "Iowa Ijaw 
School," in IMir), United with the Slate L'niver- 
sily, and tninsferretl to U>wa City, in l.s(Vs,] 

CHANI-ELLOIW AND RB.SIDENT PR«FE.S80BS. 

William ti. Hammond. LL.L) If^Vs. ..I.ssl 

Lewis W. lt..ss. A.M 1881... 

PROFESSORS, 

CiiiintituHiniat unit Crirninitl Low. 

Oeorse (i. Wriubt, LL,U 188.1. ..1871 

William E. Miller 1871. ..187,1 

Comnifrcial Liiir iiiiil the Law nf Pertons anil 
Ptritfiiial Riglttit. 

( •lies(er C, Cole, LL.D lwl.1. . .1875 

James M. Love. LL.L) Is7.1... 

Mtiliral .hinipriiilfiicf ami FfiUrat Practice, 

John F, Dillon, M.U„ LL,D 1878, ..1870 

llfniitiiit Pro/ffforn of Law, 

James 1). Edmimds (net in*:) 1872. ..I87S 

Fnsh.rick E. Motl. A.M 1h73...Ik7,1 

Orlando C Howe 1x75. ..ls.sil 

Lewis W, Boss. A..M 18HI..,18N1 

Emlin McClain, A,M 1881,,, 

LECTURERS. 

Dommtic Ililatioiin, Corporatlonn, anil In- 
Kurattcf. 

Austin Adams, A.M 1875,,. 

Law of Ruilroad*. 

John F. Uuncombe 1875... 

i'oiintitutional Laa\ 

John N. Hopers, LL.U : 1875,,, 

Law of Ural Properly. 

Lewis \V. H.ws, A,M I875...1ssii 

ilethoilt of Study. 

Oeorgu O. WriKhl. LL.D 1881.,, 



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.MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

[The Medical Department was organized in 
June, ISfig, and went into active operation on 
October Ijth, ls70.] 

DEAN. 

W. F. Peck, A.M., M.D 1870... 

SECBETARIES. 

J. H. Boucher, M.D 1N70. . .1S71 

P. J. Farnsworth, A.M., JI.D 1S71. . .1K73 

Elmer F. Clapp, M.D 1.S73...1879 

Omer T. Gillett, A.M., M.D 1879... 

PROFESSOBS. 

Medical .I'll hpnuience. 

John F. Dillon, M.D., LL.D 1R70. . .1878 

E. E. Cook 1879. . .1880 

James M. Love, LL.D 1880. . . 

Chfmistnj (ind Tojicologij. 

Gustavus Hinrichs, A.M., M.D 1870 

Surgery and Clinical Surgery. 

W. V. Peck, A.M., M.D 1870 

Materia Me:Uca, and from 1S74 of Diseases of 
Children. 

P. J. Farnsworth, A,M., M.D 1870 

Theory and Practice of Medicine and Clinical 
Medicine. 

W. S. Robertson, A.M., M.D 1870 

Obstetrics and Diseases of Women^ and of Chil- 
dren to' 1874. 

J. f '. Shrader, A.M., M.D 1870 

Ph'jsiolor/y and Microscopic Anatomy. 

W. D. Middleton, M.D 1870 

Anatomy. 

J. H. Boucher, M.D 1870. . . 1871 

Elmer F. Clapp, M.D 1871. . . 

Assistant in Chemistry. 

W. C. Preston, A.M 1870 

Assistants to the Chair of Surgery. 

R. W. Pr.vce, M.D 1870. . .1879 

OmerT. Gillett, M.D 1879... 

LECTURERS. 

Insanity. 

Mark Ranney, M.D 1873. . . 

Oplilhalmolugij and Otology. 

E. H. Hazen, M.D 1870. ..187.5 

C. M. Hobby, M.D 1875. . . 

Dental Surgery. 

P.T.Smith, D.D.S 1871. .1872 

William Kulp. D.D.S 1872. ..1873 

I. P. Wilson, D,D.S 1872. . . 

Demonstrators of Anatomy. 

John North, M.D 1870. . .1872 

J. B. Charlton. M.D 1872. ..1876 

C, M, Hobby, M.D 1876... 

Assistant Demonstrator. 

Geo. O. Morgridge, M.D 1876. .1877 

Curators of the Museum. 

John North. M.D 1870. . .1872 

C. M. Hobhv. M.D 1872. ..1873 

E. H. Shaffer. M.D 1873... 1876 

C. M. Hobby, .M.D 1876. . . 

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HOMCEOP.ATHIC MEDICAL DEPAHT- 
MEXr. 

[Organized in June, 1S77.J 

DEAN. 

A. C. Cowperthwaite, M.D.. Ph.D 1877... 

PROFESSORS. 
Theory and Practice, 

W. H. Dickinson. M.D 1877... 

Materia Medica. 

A. C. Cowperthwaite. M.D., Ph.D 1H77... 

Surgery. 

A. E. Rockey, M.D 1879... 1880 

Assistant to Chair of Materia Medica. 

T. G. Roberts. M.D 1878... 

Assistant to Chair of Theory and Practice. 
Charles W. Eaton, M.D 1879 

LECTURERS. 

Diseases of Women and Children. 

A. C. Cowperthwaite, M.D., Ph. D 1878. . . 

Surgical Therapeutics. 

G. N. Seidlitz. M.D 1878. ..1879 

(ieo. F. liolicrls, :M.D 1880. ..1881 

J. G. Gilchrist , M.D 1881 . . . 

Obstetrical Therapeutics. 
W. D. Stillman, M. D 1878 

Lecturer on Pharmacy. 
J. E. Caldwell, M. D T881. . . 

Curators of the Mnseum. 

W. G. Emonds 1879. . .1880 

W. P. Gray 1880. . .1881 

J. C. Cowperthwaite 1881. . . 



CiriL ENGINEERIXG DEPARTMENT. 

[A chair was established in the CoUejriate De- 
partment .Tune 20tli. l'^73. The department was 
established June 21st, 1876.] 

PROFESSORS. 

Civil Engineering. 

Philetus H. Philbrick, M,S., C.E 1876. . , 

Mathemu'ics and Astronomy. 

Nathan R. Leonard, A.M 1876 . . . 

Physics and Chemistry. 

Gustavus Hinrichs, A.M., M.D 1876... 

Modern Languages and Literature. 

Charles A. Eggert, A.M., Ph. D 1876. . . 

Moral Science. 

Stephen N. Fellows, A.M.. D.D 1876. . . 

History. 

Leonard F. Parker, A.M 1876... 

English Language. 

Gilbert L. Pinkham, A.M 1876... 1878 

Phebe W. Sudlow, A.M 1.878. . .1881 

Susan F. Smith 1881 . . . 

Nfttural Science. 
Samuel Calvin, A.M 1876. . . 



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HOLIDAY SOCVEXin AXD AyNL^AL. 



MEMBERS OF FACULTIES AXn OTHER 
OFFII ERS — 1881-82. 

IThc foUowinelixt Bivo», in comimrl form, the 
niimi^Hdf nii>mtH*n< of fiieultit^ unci oflicen* (px- 
clusive of Ke«i.'ntis, Tnvi.'^un'r. and 8ecrotary) for 
|H>*l-Ki. Tht' Prof(»w*orH nnd Lecturon* are named 
in the onler of their ai>|>ointment.l 

.TusIAH L. Pu-KAKD, A.M., LL.D., 

rresident. 

Nathan R. Leoxard, A.M., 

I'rofessor of MatlieinaticK and .\(*tri>nomy and 
Dwm of the iollt'Kiate Faculty. 

GrsTAVcs HixRicHs, A.M., M.D., 

Pr<»fessor of Physical Science and Director of 
the Laboratory. 

Charles A. Eggert, A.M., Ph.D., 

Professor of Modem LanvunKeH and Literature. 

Amos X. Cprrier, A.M., 

Professor of Lrit in Lunvrua^'e and Literature. 

Stephen- X. Fellow.s, A.M., D.D., 

Professor of Mental and Moral Science and 
Didactics. 

W. F. Peck, A.M., M.D., 

Professor of Suriiery and Clinical Suruery and 
Dean of the Medical I'aculty. 

P. J. Farn-swokth, a.m., M.D., 

Professor of Materia Medica and Diwaxes of 
Children. 

W. S. R0BERT.S0X, A.M., M.D., 

Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine 
and Clinical Medicine. 

W. D. MlDDLETON, M.D., 

Professor of Physiology and Microscopic 
Anatomy. 

John C. Shrader, A.M., M.D., 

ProfesHcir of Obstetrics ami Diseases of Women. 

Leonard F. Parker, A.M., 

Professor of Greek LitUk'uaiie and Literature and 
History and Instructor in Com- 
parative Philolo^'. 

Elmer F. Clapp, M.D., 

Pn>fessor of Anatomy. 

PniLF.TCs H. Philbkick, M.S., C.E., 

Professor of Civil Kn^nneeriiitf. 

Samuel Calvin, A.M., 

Professor of Natural Science and Curator of tho 
University Cabinet. 

JAME.S M. Love, LL.D., 

(U.S. Disirid .ludueof lowa.i Professor of Om- 

mercial Law and the Law of Person" 

and IN'Tsonal HiRhts. 

A. C. Cowperthwaite, M.l)., Pli.D., 

Pn»fessor rtf Materia Meclica in Honio'opathic 

Rleilical Department. Li>cturt*ron DiHitascwi 

of Women and Chilrlren. and 

Dean of the Faculty. 

W. H. Dickinson, M.D., 

l*n»fe«sor r»f ThiHiry and Practice of Mo<licino* 
iu Uomtcopathic ^ludical Department. 



Lewis W. Ross, A.M., 

Kesident Professor of Law and Chancellor of 
the Law DciMirtment. 

George A. Tnrn.sTON, 

(First Lieutenant Third V.S. Artillery,! Profess, 
or of Military Science and Tactics. 

SnsAN F. Smith, 

Professor of EuKlish LanmiaKC and Litoratare. 

Emlin McClain, A.M., 

Hesident Professor of Law. 

JIark Ranney, M.D., 

(Suiierintcnili'nt of the Iowa Hospital for the 

Insjiue, at .Mt. Pleasant,) Lecturer 

on Insanity. 

Austin Adams, A.M., 

(Jufljre of the Supreme C«iurt of Iowa,> Lecturer 
on the Law of Corporations and Insurance. 

John F. DrNcoMBE, 

Lecturer on the Law of Railroads. 

John N. Rogers, LL.D., 

Lscturer on Constitutional Law. 

C. M. HoBBV, M.D., 

Lecturer on ()]>hthalmolot;y and Otolojry, De 
monstrator of Anatomy, and Curator 
of the Medical Museum. 

I. P. Wilson, D.D.S.. 

Lrt'cturtT on Dontal Surgery. 
AV. D. Stillmax, M.D., 

LootiiriT oil ThcraptMiticB of Ob}>totrical Dift- 
eases, in Ilonui-oiuithic Me<lioal Department. 

William C. Preston. A.M., 

Assistant Profiit^sor of Physical Science. 

Thomas H. I\IcBrtde, A.M., 

Assistant Profei»H<>r of Natural Sciunco. 

Phebe Scofield, 
Assistant Prtifessor of Mathematics. 

John F. Polley, C.E., 

Instructor in Drawing. 

George G. Wkioiit, LL.D., 

Lfocturer on Methods of Study, in the Law 
Dcimrtnieiit. 



Omer T. Gillett, A.m., M.D., 

Chair of SnrKory and 
the Me^lical Faculty. 



Assistant to Chair of Surtrory and Secretary of 

F(i 



T. G. IIOBERTS, M.D., 

Ansistant to Chair of Materia Meilica in Homce- 
opitthic .Medical Department. 

Charles W, Eaton, M.D., 

Assistant to Chair of Theory and Practice, in 
Uoma>op»lhic Medical Department. 

C. M. De.sTslets, A.m., 
Infltructor in I>atin, (ireek, and Elocutiun. 

Mrs. Ada North, 

University Libmrian. 



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BIOGRAPHICAL. 

THE PRESIDENT AXD THE MEMBERS 
OF THE FACrLriES—1c81-82. 

JOSIAH L. PiCKABD, A.M., LL.D., 

President. 

[Portrait, Frontispiece.] 
Dr. Pickard was chosen by the Board 
of Regents, in 187S, as President of the 
S. U. I., and inaugurated in June of that 
year. In the three years he has held the 
trust, he has not only amply realized the 
expectations of those who knew him be- 
fore he assumed his present position, 
but, in that time, has given such satis- 
faction to patrous of the University, and 
especially professors and students, that 
any estrangement of his from present 
duties would cause deep regret among 
all. And it is no disparagement of his 
predecessors to say that the University, 
since Dr. Pickard assumed the office of 
President, has become more widely and 
favorably known than ever before; yet, 
with the exception of two or three 
changes, the tried and experienced fac- 
ulties are the same as those of nearly a 
dozen years ago. It is not strange, how- 
ever, that this should be, for President 
Pickard is a man with whom it " pays " 
to get acquainted, in home as well as in 
college life. His bearing, manners, and 
conversation are pleasant, and his in- 
struction is straightforward and to the 
point. 

Josiah L. Pickard is the eldest of 
thirteen children of Samuel and Sarah 
Pickard, — ten sons and three daugh- 
ters. He was born in Rowley, Es- 
sex county, Massachusetts, on March 
17th, 1824. He prepared for college at 
the Academy, in Lewistou, Maine, in 
which institution ex-Governor Garcelon 
was then a teacher. Here he studied 
during the winter, in summer working 
on his father's farm, and in due time 
entered Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 
Maine, the second year of the Sopho- 
more year, graduating in September, 
1844. Among his classmates here were 
Judges Goddard and Virgin, of the Maine 
Supreme Bench; President Anderson, of 
the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad; 



Horace Williams, of Clinton, President 
of the Central of Iowa Railroad; and the 
well-known Rev. Dr. Swazey, of Chicago. 
Many prominent men, now well known 
in public life, are graduates of this 
college, — Dr. Magoun, of the Griuuell 
College, among the number in Iowa. 

He had taught a public school in Mi- 
nat, Maine, in the winter of 1842-3, and 
upon leaving college took charge of the 
Academy at North Conway, New Hamp- 
shire, where he remained till December, 
1845. He then came West, and taught 
in Ehzabeth, Jo Daviess county, Illinois, 
till October, 1846. 

It may not be impertinent to remark, 
that, about this time, Illinois was very 
close to the frontier, and the State Uni- 
versity of Iowa was still receiving the 
knocks of the inconvenienced artisan's 
hammer, preparatory to its use as the 
future capitol of the now great State. 

In November, 1846, he removed to 
Plattsville, Grant county, Wisconsin, 
where he took charge of a newly organ- 
ized academy, numbering five students, 
which he left in 1859, with an attendance 
of nearly two hundred. In all, about 
twelve hundred pupils were under his 
instruction during this time, and the 
institution was favorably known as a 
"preparatory" for teachers of common 
schools. 

In 1847, he made a brief visit to the 
East, and during that time occurred the 
episode which completes the "poetry" 
of every man's life, — he was married, 
August 24th, at Newark, New Jersey, to 
the youngest daughter of Rev. Dr. Wood- 
hull, of Brooklyn, New York. Two chil- 
dren, the fruits of this union, are now 
living, — a son in Chicago, and a daughter 
in California. An adoi^ted daughter lives 
in Portland, Maine. 

An attack of illness, in 1859, com- 
pelled Mr. Pickard to change his oc- 
cupation, and accepting the nomina- 
tion of State Superintendent of Public 
Instruction, he was elected in Novem- 
ber, and entered upon his duties in 
January following. He had hoped that 
a temporary relief from teaching would 
restore his former vigorous health, but 



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an impaired eyesight forbade bis retmn 
to his preWons occupation. 

As the l)est evidence of the ability and 
siK-oess with which he dischari;<'d the 
duties of the office of State ynperintend- 
ent, during nearly five years, it is only 
necessary to state that he was thrice 
elected, and when he resijfued the posi- 
tion, to accept one more in consonance 
with his tastes, his action was greatly 
regretted by all teachers and ediicators 
of the State. 

Accepting, in the fall of 1S(',4, the office 
of Superintendent of the City Schools of 
Chicago, he entered ui)on his duties in 
September of that year. Here, as at all 
times, his method of work was eminently 
satisfactory, and till June, 1877, he held 
the office. He then rested one year. 
His suhseqiient career, since he l>ecame 
President of the State University of 
Iowa, is well known to all our citizens. 

The next younger brother of President 
Pickard is a Professor in the Ilhnois 
Industrial College at Champaign. 

S. T. Pickard, a still younger brother, 
has for years been connected with the 
Portland (Maine) TniiiKnijit, as editor. 
This is the oldest jiaper in Maine, and 
among the oldest in the United States. 
It ranks among the inHuential papers of 
the State and the East, and is well- 
known to many Western jieople as well. 

In closing this brief sketch, we may 
state that President Pickard has twice 
received the degree of LL. U., — the Chi- 
cago University and the Beloit (Wis.) 
College both conferring the deserved 
honor upon him. 

Nathan R. Leonabd, A.M., 

/'ifi/i-Mgor of Mtitlifwtitirit anil AKtroimmy and 
Draii of Ihf Vullegiule Fuciilly. 

[Portmit, FrontiHpioco.] 
Prof. Leonard was born in Franklin 
CDUnty, Ohio, November 2!)th, 1W2. At 
his birthplace, in the vicinity of Colum- 
bus, he resided until his eleventh year, 
when his parents moved to liurlirigton, 
he, of course, accompanying them, where 
they still reside. His early life was 
H|ient upon a farm, and the round of 
work was onlv broken bv the mouths of 



winter, when he attended a district 
school. He entered tlie Presbyterian 
College at Burlington, since merged into 
the college at Fairfield, and graduated, 
in 1857, with the first class sent out from 
that institution. In 1854 he had com- 
menced teaching mathematics in the 
college, and continued teaching that 
branch, as well as the natural sciences, 
until his graduation. 

In 1857, after Iea\-ing college, he went 
to Harvard as resident graduate, and 
during the winter of lK'">7-8, he attended 
the lectures of the accomplished mathe- 
matician. Professor Pierce. Returning 
to Iowa, he taught mathematics and 
natural science in the Fairfield school, 
until 18t^>(), when he was elected to his 
present position, and has continued to 
hold it ever since, — only leaving his de- 
jiartment in other hands on two occa- 
sions, when he was elected President of 
the University pro tern. The first of these 
occasions, he occupied the position from 
the spring of 18(!() until the commence- 
ment of the fall term of 18C8; and the 
last time, in 187ll, from the outgoing of 
President Ulaek until President Thacher 
assumed his duties. 

He was married in Kossuth, this State, 
in 1853, to an estimable and cultured 
lady, who still presides witli dignity and 
grace over their home. 

Prof. Leonard's ctmnectiim with the 
University, extending, as it does, over 
almost a quarter of a century, has been 
full of usefulness and success; and, 
while he has seen the institution grow 
from a small and feeble nucleus until its 
influence reaches over the whole North- 
west, he, with characteristic modesty, 
does not recognize the fact that, to him, 
as much as to any man, does the Univer- 
sity owe its success. 

Besides his duties in the class-room, 
Prof. Leonard has found time to be 
actively engaged in other matters, and, 
during his long connection with the 
Presbyterian Church in this city, he has 
filled many im|>c)rtant places, and repre- 
sented the Presbytery of Iowa City at 
many gaUieringsof notu — among others, 
the tJeneral Assembly at Madison, Wis- 



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consin, where the leading men of his 
church gathered in convention. 

As a citizen, he has been invaluable, 
and has left in the city many memorials 
of his interest in municipal affairs. 
Twice Civil Engineer of Iowa City, — first, 
from 1871 to 1874, and, again, from 1878 
until 1881, — he established the system of 
surveys which is now used, and which 
has been of such value, not only to the 
corporation, but to private property 
owners as well. To him we owe the in- 
auguration of a system of public im- 
provements which to-day makes oiir city 
a representative one in the State, and a 
worthy spot for the location of its great 
University. 

Thus, not only do the hundreds of 
students scattered all over the country 
regard Prof. Leonard with feelings of 
affection, but, as citizens of Iowa City, 
we are indebted to him for benefits he 
has bestowed upon us, and will leave, 
with gratitude, his name to ijosterity. 

Amos N. CrERiER, A.M., 

Professor of Latin LdiKjuHcje and LiteraUire. 
[Portrait, Frontispiece.] 

Prof. Currier is the eldest son of 
Eben Farrington and Sophia (Noyes) 
Currier, and was born in Canaan, New 
Hampshire, October 13th, 1832. After 
attending the common schools, he en- 
tered Kimball Union Academy, at Meri- 
den, N. H., and when eighteen years of 
age, entered the Freshman class of 
Dartmouth College. Here, in the insti- 
tution that for almost a century has 
prosecuted its great mission, graduating 
such men as Webster, Choate, "Long" 
John Weutwortli, and a host of others 
who have gained national or world-wide 
reputation, he studied, and, in 1855, 
graduated. With him graduated Walter 
S. Church, who afterward distinguished 
himself in the service of the Czar of 
Russia as a civil engineer; W. E. Barn- 
ard, Professor of Mathematics and Presi- 
dent of the Williams University, Port- 
land, Oregon; William Chenault, Profes- 
sor of Law in the Central University of 
Kentucky; S. M. Cutcheon, Speaker of 
the House and United States District 



Attorney of Michigan; L. S. Hinkley, 
afterward Lieutenant-Governor of Ver- 
mont; B. F. Preseott, who became Gov- 
ernor of Vermont. E. F. Noyes, who was 
afterward appointed Minister to France, 
graduated in the following year. 

Mr. Currier was elected Professor of 
Ancient Languages in the Central Uni- 
versity of Iowa, located at Pella, and 
removed to that place in 1857. Immedi- 
ately thereafter he entered upon his 
duties, filling the position with great 
credit until August, 1861, when he 
enlisted as a private in the 8th Iowa 
Infantry, and was with the regiment in 
all its battles until April, 18G2, when 
he was taken prisoner at Pittsburg 
Landing. After a tedious capitivity, 
he was exchanged, and, in 1803, went 
into the lltli Missouri regiment as 
commissary. He was with this regi- 
ment until the close of the war, in 
1865, when he returned to Pella, and 
again took his place in the University, 
remaining there until 1867, when he was 
elected to the chair of Ancient Lan- 
guages in tlie State University, and 
moved to Iowa City. 

Until the year 1869, he was Professor 
of Latin and Greek; but at that time the 
classes had became so large as to neces- 
sitate a division, which was accordingly 
made, Prof. Currier retaining the Profes- 
sorship of Latin, while Prof. Parker took 
the chair of Greek. Since that time no 
change has been made in his i^osition, 
and it is to be ho^jed, that, for years 
to come, none will be made in one 
which is filled with such eminent satis- 
faction and credit to the institution. 

Prof. Currier was married to Miss Celia 
A. Moore, at Vienna, Ohio, in 1868. Miss 
Moore had been a teacher of mathe- 
matics in the University at Pella, and 
had filled that jjosition for several years 
in a manner which had received the 
highest compliments of those in a 
position to appreciate her labors. 

Prof. Currier's years of tedious labor 
here were pleasantly broken by a trip 
to Europe in 1875, when, in company 
witli Prof. Parker, he made the "grand 
tour." This vacation was well earned, 



H 



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ODil no one could have more thoronRbly 
appreoiatoil it than these c(vlnl)()rers in 
the great fielil of intellectual ilevelop- 
meut. 

In 1873 Prof. Currier published a book 
entitled "Latin Suffixes," issued from 
the press of Eldridtre .t Bros., of Phil- 
adelphia, which has been fo:iud a most 
valuable assistant to the student of Latin. 
The product of a ripe scholarsliip, it em- 
bodies a fjreat amount of di tailed work 
in a small compass, and exhausts the 
subject of which it treats. 

Such is a brief sketch of the life of a 
Professor who fills one of the most im- 
portant chairs in the State University. 
A cultured gentleman in his class, as 
well as home, he commands, by his 
talents and ability, the admiration 
and respect of those with whom he 
is brouj^'ht in contact, while nis ijualifica- 
tious and success as a Latin instructor 
have placed him among the acknowl- 
edged leaders in this difficult branch of 
education. 

GcsTAVcs HiNRiciis, A.M., M.D., 

PfofetiMir 0/ Phijitit'iil Sciftn-t and Dit'ti'tor of 
the Ldborafort/. 

[Portrait, Frontiepiere.] 
Gusta^nis Hinrichs was born in Lun- 
den, Holstein, Germany, in 183(), where 
his childhood was sjjent. He attended 
seluxil there until 1H.")3, when he went to 
Copenhagen. Denmark, and entered the 
great University for which tlie city is 
renowned. This university, established 
in the year 147S, is one of the most richly 
endowed in Europe, and its faculty num- 
bers about forty of the ripest scholars of 
the continent. The iitirary of the insti- 
tution comprises about ]2.">,(KH) volumes, 
besides many valuable manuscripts. 
Probably the richest library in Europe, 
and one to which the students of the 
University have access, is the lioyal 
Library of Copenhagen, which contains 
KXl.OtH) volumes, and l.'i.OdO rare manu- 
scripts, affording the student an oppor- 
tunity for research such as is found no 
other place in the world. 

Pnif. Hinrichs al.so attended the Poly- 
tecliiiii' Si'liiuil in the same city, and 



while there was a private instructor of 
students. He graduated from the Poly- 
tedmic school in ls(!<l, with the degree 
of C. P., but continued his studies at the 
University until 18<il, when lie returned 
to Germany, staying there Imt a short 
time. In the summer of the same year 
he started for America. He first located 
in Daven])ort, Iowa, where he attt>nded 
the High School to perfect himself in 
the English language, and then taught 
a district school in that vicinity for 
about four months. In the fall t)f 18G2 
he came to Iowa City, and entered the 
University as teacher of Modem Lan- 
guages. In 18(!3 he was elected assistant 
professor of what was then styled the 
fifth department — Chemistry and Nat- 
ural Phihisophy — which he taught in 
connection with Modern Languages. 

Soon after the conimencemeut of the 
term, in the fall of 1H()4, it became ap- 
parent that Prof. Hinrichs could not 
perform the duties of his department, 
and also gave the necessary attention to 
Modern Languages, and Prof. Eggert 
was api>ointed to the jirofcssorship of 
the latter chair, while Prof. Hinrichs' 
entire attention was devoted to the de- 
partment of Chemistry and Natural Phi- 
losophy, which position he has since 
honored. 

Dr. Hinrichs commenced issuing the 
lowii Weather Sernce reports in 1875. 
Without any hope of remuneration, ho 
took U|)on himself the arduous labor 
which this undertaking involved, and 
carried it on to a merited success. Un- 
der his fostering care it has grown from 
nothing, and the Legislature was at last 
obliged to take notice of u work which 
interested every intelligent citizen of the 
State, and to tlie development of which 
the band-earned means, as well as the 
mature talents, of Prof. Hinriclis liad 
been freely given. A small appropria- 
tion, at present, almost defrays the 
actual expenses, and it remains for 
future legislators to show the apprecia- 
tion of a great State in a great work, 
by lilierally jiroviding for its continuance 
and dcvcliipment. 

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treatises, which have been published in 
the leading scientific journals of Europe 
and America, and which have com- 
manded the attention of learned men in 
all qxiarters. Besides numerous pam- 
phlets, he is author of several standard 
books on chemistry, which are in use in 
the State University, and other institu- 
tions of learning. Among others which 
we might mention are, — "The Elements 
of Physics, Demonstrated by the Stii- 
deut's Own Experiments," published in 
1870; "The Elements of Chemistry and 
Mineralogy, Demonstrated by the Stu- 
dent's Own Experiments," published in 
1871; "A Method of Quantitative In- 
duction in Physical Science,— a Guide 
for Students in the Laboratory and 
Lecture Koom," 1872; "The Principles 
of Chemistry and Molecular Mechanics," 
1874 

His works on "The Elements of 
Chemistry and Mineralogy," " The Prin- 
ciples of Chemistry and Molecular Me- 
chanics," "An Elementcry Course in 
Qualitative Chemical Analysis," and 
" The Method of Quantitative Induction 
in Physical Science," have been issued in 
one volume. Were we to enumerate his 
special reports on subjects referred to 
him, or on matters taken up by himself, 
it would swell this list to more than 
treble its present length, Tvhile his re- 
ports of the Weather Serinoe alone are 
almost a hbrary in themselves, and em- 
body an enormous amount of work. 

Prof. Hinrichs has been twice married, 
and has two children, one of whom is 
residing in the vicinity of Iowa City ; the 
other, a young lady, in attendance upon 
the University. 

Some men labor long and arduously, 
accumulate wealth, die, and are forgot- 
ten. Others work just as hard, make 
many sacrifices, generously devoting 
their time to efibrts for the good of hu- 
manity, to its mental elevation, and ben- 
efit all who read and think, or have the 
good fortune of their instruction. These 
are the men the world loves to remem- 
ber; posterity cherishes their names; 
the recollection of their self-sacrifices for 
the cause of science inspirits weaker 



votaries and cheers on the faltering, 
while the people admire their devotion 
and reverence their talents. Among the 
men of the latter class is Dr. Hinrichs. 

Chaeles A. Eggeet, A.M., Ph.D., 
Professor of MniJern Lcnigi/ar/t^s and JJti^rcilure. 
[Portrait. Frontispiece.] 
Prof. Eggert was born in Magdeburg, 
Saxony, Prussia, October 1st, 183.5. He 
was the eldest of four children, and his 
father a hotel-keeper in Magdeburg. 
After studying at the college in his 
native city, he went to Berlin, and en- 
tered the University there; thence to the 
University of Heidelberg, taking the de- 
gree of Doctor of Philosophy at the 
latter institution in 18.54. After his 
graduation, he spent two years in the 
study of art, principally in Italy; but 
during that period he repeatedly visited 
Paris, and in that great center of art 
pursued his studies. He attended, while 
in Paris, several courses of lectures at 
the College of France. 

He went to England in the summer of 
1859,where he traveled extensively, taking 
advantage of the great art collections of 
the kingdom. In the latter part of the 
same year he came to America, at the 
invitation of his brother, who was then 
located at La Crosse, Wisconsin. He 
had not the remotest idea of locating in 
the United States, when he came, but 
expected to simply visit and return. 
After a time in Wisconsin, he and his 
brother purchased land in Delaware, 
county, Iowa, and commenced farming. 
They raised large crops of wheat, but 
that plague, the chinch-bug, visited 
them, and the results of their venture in 
agriculture rapidly disappeared before 
the voracious insect. 

In 1862 Prof. Eggert enlisted in the 
fith Iowa Cavalry, but did not see service 
in the field, through an injury sustained 
while preparing for the grim work of 
war. After six months of regimental 
life, he left the ranks, and commenced 
teaching in the High School at Daven- 
port, and was engaged in that laudable 
work when his regiment marched out of 
that city. 



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In 1864 he accepted the position of 
book-keeper in the Miiscatiue National 
Bank, where he remaiueil ten nionthH, at 
the expiration of whicli time, Foliruary, 
1865, he accepted a call and took hia 
chair as Professor of Modern Languages 
in the Stat* University, and has since 
held that position. 

Prof. Eggert was married to Miss 
Sopliy M. French, of Muscatine, iu 18H7. 
He received tlie de},'ree of Master of Arts 
from Princeton College, iu 1H(J7, without 
■ any solicitation or previous knowledge 
on his part that he would be thus hon- 
ored. This was probably due to his 
widely read articles on Political Econ- 
omy, published in all the leading East- 
em journals, and through which he 
became aciniaintcd with that honored 
political economist, Henry C. Carey. 
The acquaintance thus made ripened 
into a warm personal friendship, which 
continued until the death of Mr. Carey. 

Prof. Eggert visited Europe in 1876. 
During this trip, which was, indeed, 
made for that especial purpose, he vis- 
ited all the princii)al European tmiver- 
sities, and attended lectures at those 
famous garden-spots of learning in Ber- 
lin, Paris, and Heidelberg. 

Probably no other man in the country 
is better (lualified to intelligently discuss 
European affairs. His extensive travel 
on the continent has given him that 
observation of and actual contact with 
the various European governments and 
their workings which euiibles him to 
distingnish at a glance the tine shades 
of political difTerenccs, which are so 
meaningless to one whose only knowl- 
edge of them is gathered from the writ- 
ings of others, and not from personal 
study. In ain>ther part of this work will I 
be found an article covering the political 
events in Europe, during the past year, 
which is well worthy of perusal by those 
who desire information on these atTairs. 
A mind stored witli an immense and 
vnrieil amount of learning is at Prof. 
Eggerfs command, ami he impresses 
those who have tlie pleasure of associat- 
ing witli him as a gentleman of refine- 
ment. It would be a ditlicult task to 



find another who could fill his chair in 
the University with equal grace and 
ability, and all who know the Professor, 
or are interested in the institution which 
he honors, arc aware of these facts. 



Lewis \V. Ross, A.M., 

Resident Pro/etaor anil Cliuncfllor of Ihe Law 
DejMirlmenl. 

[Portrait. Fronti**piecc>.] 
The subject of this sketch was bom of 
Scotch-Irish stock, iu Butler county, 
Ohio, October •27th, 1827. His father 
was a pioneer farmer iu that county, set- 
tling there in the year 1812, and at a time 
when the country was an unbroken for- 
est. His paternal and maternal grand- 
fathers were Revoliitioiiiiry soldiers. His 
earliest ancestor, in this country, was 
Daniel Ross, a native of North Ireland, 
and a first colonist of New Jersey. The 
name and the tradition, of the family in- 
dicate a Scottish origin. 

In the spring of 1848, at the age of 
twenty and a half years, he left his fath- 
er's farm, an<l entered the Farmers' 
College, an institution located on one of 
the hills overlooking the city of Cincin- 
nati. Here he was under the instruction 
of Dr. Robert H. Bishop, one of the most 
sncccssful teachers of that day. Among 
his fellow students were Miirat Halsted, 
of the Cincinnati ('iiuiniereiiil, and Dr. O. 
W. Nixon, of the /nlir-Oeemi. 

In the winter of 1850, he entered the 
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where 
he graduated with the degree of A.B., 
June 24th, 18.52. Here he enjoyed the 
instraction of the then venerable Thomas 
Matlu'ws, father of Stanley Mathews, and 
of .Tiimes C. Motlat, now a professor in 
Princet(m. He had as classmates, David 
(now Professor) Swing; Benjamin Har- 
rison, now United States Senator from 
Indiana ; Milton Saylor, for at least two 
terms a member of Congress from one 
of the Cincinnati districts ; Harman 
Denny, now a Jesuit Priest in Balti- 
more; and James H. Cliilds, afterward 
Colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment, and 
shot in one of the battles in Tennessee. 
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Crane, Esq., of Dubuque ; United States 
Senator James W. McDill, of Iowa ; 
Congressman John A. Anderson, of Kan- 
sas ; Congressman Gilbert Atherton, of 
Ohio ; and Kev. Dr. James Brooks, of St. 
Loiiis. He also remembers, as a later 
student iu the same institution, White- 
law Eeid, of the New Yt)rk Trihnite. 

In the summer of 1852, he entered the 
law office of Scott & McFarlaud, in Ham- 
ilton, — the senior, Josiah Scott, being 
afterward, for twenty-four years, a mem- 
ber of the Supreme Court and Supreme 
Court Commissioners of Ohio, dying in 
1880 ; and the junior, N. C. McFarland, 
being, at present time. Commissioner of 
the General Land Office. After two full 
years study, lie was admitted to the bar 
of Butler county, opened an office in 
Hamilton, and remained in practice there 
until the autumn of 1856, when he came 
Western Iowa, and settled iu the town of 
Lewis, Cass county. His plan, in com- 
ing West, was to practice his profession ; 
hut being at once attacked ivath the 
mania for speculation, then so prevalent, 
he made his venture, and lost everything 
but his good name and inherited pluck. 
His only remaining capital being his 
profession and about a dozen law books, 
he opened, June, 18.58, a law office iu 
Lewis, and soon found full employment 
in settling the mistakes and failures of 
the hard times of 1857-9. 

In January, 18(51, he changed his resi- 
dence and place of business to Council 
Bluffs, where he continued the practice 
of law in the State aud Federal Courts 
up to September, 1880, when he came to 
Iowa (yity to occupy the chair of Eesi- 
dent Professor of Law. 

In the fall of 18G3 he was elected to 
the State Senate, and served for a term 
of four years. This, and the trusteeship 
and regency of the University, are the 
only civil offices ever held by him. 

The fact should not be omitted that 
he was married, July r2th, 18-5.5, in 
Lebanon, Ohio, to Miss Zoe M. Brown, 
daughter of Rev. Simeon Brown, and 
that five living children are the fruit of 
this marriage. Miss Brown was edu- 
cated in Oxford, Ohio, and it was there 
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that she formed the acquaintance of her 
husband. 

From the foregoing it will be seen that 
the life of Chancellor Boss has been that 
of a busy, painstaking lawyer in the 
State and Federal Courts, aud that not 
the least valuable part of his training 
has been gained in the school of experi- 
ence. His promotion to the vacant 
Chancellorship in June, 1881, was quietly 
approved by those best acquainted with 
the man and the office. As Trustee and 
Eegent of the University, he had materi- 
ally aided in organizing and sustaining 
the Law and Medical Departments of 
the University, and his experience and 
work as Bssident Professor of Law 
seemed to commend him. He did not 
seek the position; it was the bestowment 
of the Regents. Thus far, everything 
commends the judgment of the Regents. 
The present class is the largest iu the 
history of the department. It is com- 
posed of excellent material. All are 
working satisfactorily to themselves, and 
with unsurpassed fidelity and zeal. The 
large numbers thus attracted shows that 
the Law Department is now rooted in 
the public confidence aud that this 
mode of legal education, should con- 
tinue to receive the favorable considera- 
tion of the State. 

Stephen N. Fellows, A.M., D.D., 

Prot>!<»or of Mitttiil ftnd Jfot-al ScUurf and 
Didacfic.^, 

[Portrait. Frontispiece.] 
The subject of this sketch is a fair 
example of what may be attained by 
IDerseverance, industry, and energy. He 
was born May 30th, 1830, iu North Sand- 
wich, N. H., is the yoiangest of eight 
sons of Stephen and Rachel Fellows, 
and is of English descent. His ancestors 
were among the early settlers, coming 
to this country in the seventeenth cen- 
tury. When he was four years old, his 
family removed to Dixon, Illinois, where, 
in the midst of the privations of a fi-im- 
tier life, his boyhood was spent. 

By the death of his father, iu 1810, the 
family were left to struggle with poverty 
and care for themselves. His ediica- 



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tioual advantages were meiiger, but 
tUrDU^'liofit IjoyliDod lie had a thirst for 
kuowltd^te, which led him to read eajjerly 
all l)aoks and newspapers within his 
reach. Hard work and hard fare upon 
the farm develojied a strong; physical 
frame, and prepared him for thestruirtfle 
for leaniin<;. At eitjhteen ho entered 
the Rock River Seminary, at Mt. Morris, 
Illinois; but at the end of his fourth 
term, his means exhausted, was ohlit;ed 
t« discontinue his studies here for the 
time. 

In 1851 he entered the Asbnry Uni- 
versity, at Green Castle, Indiana, and 
by teaehinj;, workinjf on the farm, and 
boardint,' himself, secured the necessary- 
funds to finish his course, tiikini; the 
dejfree of Bachelor of Arts in 1854. 
During his Junior and Senior year he 
was a tutor in Latin and Mathematics, 
Just previous to his graduation, he was 
elected Professor of Mathematics and 
Natural Science in Cornell College, at 
Mt. Vernon, Iowa. This position he 
hehl for six years. 

Ill 18,5(5 he joined the Upp?r Iowa 
Conference of the M. E. Church. His 
chief desire, in seeking un education, 
was to become a minister of the gospel, 
and he only engaged in teaching in 
order to earn money to enable him to 
enter upon his duties in this field unem- 
barrassed with debt. In 18(iO he resigned 
his position in the college to engage in 
pastoral work, and for seven years he 
tilled ministerial charges at Dyersville, 
Tipton, Lyons, and at Mnrslialltowii in 
18(M!-(!7. 

In .August, INj", by unanimous vote, 
and without solicitation, he was elected 
to his present position in the State Uni- 
versity. In 1871 he received the degree 
of Doctor of Divinity from Cornell 
College. 

Dr. Fellows has ever been an earnest 
worker in the cause of temjierauce and 
edui-ation, and has lectured on the latter 
subject in many towns in the State. For 
over twenty years lie has been a member 
of the Masonic fraternity, and is at jires- 
ent a meral>er of Palestine Commandery, 
No. 2, Iowa City. Although a member 



of the Methodist Church since bis 
eighteenth year, and a minister since his 
twenty-second year, his religious views 
are in no way illiberal, and he has sup- 
plied the pulpits of nearly all denomina- 
tions in this city and elsewhere. 

He was married, in 18.")<i, to Miss Sarah 
L. Matsoii, daughter of Dr. S. (i. Matson, 
of Anamosa, a lady of many virtues. 
They have had six children, four of 
whom, two sons and two daughttrs, are 
living. 

Dr. Fellows has pursued his chosen 
course with untiring zeal, and with a 
success which has earned for him high 
rank among the leading educators of 
the land. His contributions to various 
educational journals of the country, and 
the commendations given him in our 
State school reports, are evidence of his 
correctness of method, clearness of state- 
ment, earnestness, and impatience of 
superficialuess. As a preacher he is vig- 
orous in thought, fervid, and impressive; 
and these, his chief characteristics, are 
exhibited in all his work, — in the class- 
room as well as in the pulpit. 

Washinotos F. Peck, A.M., M.D., 

Proftssor oj Sttrqtry ami f'iitiirat Surgery, and 
ileaii of tilt Meilical Faculty. 

[Portrait. Frontispiece.] 

Dr. Peck was born in Galen, Wayne 
county. New York, January '.!2d, 1841, 
and is the son of William H. and .\lida 
Peck, natives of that place. His father 
was a farmer, and being in comfortable 
circumstances, gave his son a good com- 
mon school education. In 18,5'.l he en- 
tered the Belle\nie Hospital Medical 
College in New York, ha\ing early man- 
ifested an aptitude for the profession in 
which he has since distinguished himself. 
He graduated in W>i with the highest 
honors, and was the first student who 
matriculated in the first medical school 
in this country which successfully 
achieved the exi)eriment of combining 
intimately clinical with didactic teach- 
ing. His aptness as a student, and his 
especial talent for his chosen profession 
may be inferred from the fact, that, after 
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received by the board of examiners for 
the position of house sursjeou in Bellevue 
and Blackwell's Ishmd Hospitals; and, 
notwithstanding the fact that the the 
rules had hitherto restricted applications 
for that important place, to such candi- 
dates as had already obtained the degree 
of M.D., yet after a searohinf; competi- 
tive examination, he was awarded the 
position. He held the position with 
mirked success for two years, without 
other compensation than the wealth of 
valuable experience which the hospital 
afforded him. After leaving Bellevue 
Hospital he served as surgeon in the 
United States army for eighteen months, 
principally at Lincoln General Hospital, 
District of Columbia, where he became 
known as a successful operator. 

In 1864 he moved West, locating in 
Davenport, Iowa, and entered upon a 
large and lucrative practice. In 1868 he 
was elected Professor of Surgery and 
Clinical Surgery in the Medical Depart- 
ment of the State University, which posi- 
tion he has ever since filled with the 
highest satisfaction and lienefit to the 
institution; also being Dean of the Med- 
ical Faculty during the same period. He 
has been visiting surgeon at Mercy Hos- 
pital, Davenport, since its organization, 
consulting surgeon of the hospital in 
Iowa Cit}', and for eleven years surgeon 
of the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home. 
On the first of January, 1875, he was ap- 
pointed surgeon in chief of the C, K. I. 
& P. Railroad, and in that capacity has 
rendered important service. During the 
year 1874 he was President of the Scott 
County Medical Society, and in 1876 was 
elected Pre.sident of the Iowa State Med- 
ical Society. 

September 18th, 1865, he married Miss 
Maria Purdy, daughter of the late Mer- 
ritt Purdy, of West Butler, Wayne 
county. New York. 

Dr. Peck has brought to his profession 
a high order of talents, giving him an 
almost intuitive correctness in diagnosis, 
and the hundreds of successful opera- 
tions performed liy him have given him 
a reputation extending far beyond the 
limits of this commonwealth. 



Philo J. Faknsworth, A.M., M.D., 

Prnjeasor of Matenu Melira, and from 1S74 of 
Diseast^it of Chitdren. 

Dr. Farnsworth was born in Westford, 
Chittenden county, Vermont, January, 
1832. He prepareil for college in Clar- 
enceville, Province of Quebec, Canada, 
and entered the University of Vermont, 
at Burlington, in 1854. Here, in 1854, he 
graduated with the degree of Bachelor 
of Arts. After three years engaged in 
teaching, in Canton, Mississippi, he re- 
turned to his aliiiii iiiatt'i; where, after 
attending lectures in the medical depart- 
ment, he received, in 1858, the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine, at the same time 
receiving the degree of Master of Arts. 
He then practiced his profession for two 
years, when he went to New York City 
and attended a course of lectures in the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, re- 
ceiving, in 1860, a degree from that in- 
stitution. 

In 1862, Dr. Farnsworth came West, 
and located at Lyons, in this State; in 
1869, however, he changed his location 
to Clinton, where he has ever since re- 
mained, actively engaged in his chosen 
work, with exception of the time spent in 
the University during the sessions of the 
Medical Department. 

In 1H72, Dr. Farnsworth was married 
to Elizabeth B. D. Eaton. He is a mem- 
ber of the Clinton county. State, and 
American Medical Societies, and is wide- 
ly known as a studious, painstaking phy- 
sician, always ready to enhance the 
interests of his profession, as well as 
labor for the physical welfare of his 
fellow-men. During his busy life he 
has fouud moments to gratify his finer 
tastes, and, among other subjects, geol- 
ogy has claimed considerable attention. 
If all our medical students observe the 
minutijB of the science as closely as has 
Prof. Farnsworth, success will inevitably 
reward, as it has his, their persevering 
efforts. 

William S. Eobektson, A.M., M.D., 

Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine 
and Clinical Medicine. 

It is a pleasure to write the life his- 
tory of some men, — those around whom 



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cMng the association of acts well done, 
who have been tried in tbe crucible and 
found i>ure fe'old. To them tbe bi- 
o>rr!ii)her turns as to a recreation, and 
feels the thrill inspired by veneration, 
love. In Georfjetown, Lancaster county, 
Pennsylvania, was born to James M. and 
Maria Robertson, on June .")tli, IS^M, a 
son, the subject of this sketch. In the 
common schools of his native county he 
.studied, and afterwards entered the 
Freshman class of Knos College, Illi- 
nois. Here he applied himself to his 
studies with a dilijjence whicli soon im- 
paired liis health, and necessitated tlieir 
discontinuance, and his return home for 
recuperation. In a year he was back at 
his books, but after six months was 
obliged to lay them aside a second time. 
This terminated his collegiate course. 
In 1852, having recovered his health, he 
entered his father's office as a medical 
student, and in 1H51, he entered Jeffer- 
son Medical College, Philadelphia, where 
he graduated March 8th, 18;M;. In the 
same year he located at Columljus City, 
Iowa, where be entered upon his career 
as physician. 

In 18G1, at the outbreak of the rebel- 
lion, he raised the first company of vol- 
unteers recruited in the State. On the 
13tli of June, of the same year, he was 
mustered into the army as a Major of 
the 5th Iowa Volunteers, and was present 
at every siege, march, skirmish, and bat- 
tle of that gallant regiment until July 
2:^.1, 1W.2. On May 22d, 18(52, the com'- 
raauder of the regiment, Col. W. H. 
Worthington, was killed, and at a meet- 
ing of the officers called to nominate his 
successor, an informal ballot gave Major 
Robertson every vote for the vacancy, 
anil he was accordingly elected by ac- 
clamation. He returned home to ar- 
range affairs, resigning bis commission 
as Major, which was necessary, with the 
understanding that he would rejoin his 
regiment on receipt of his commission 
as Colonel; but, tlirough some unac- 
countable circumstance, it was never 
sent him, and be did not again enter 
military service, though repeateiUy im- 
portuned to do so. 



The winter of 1868-69 he spent in the 
hospitals of New York City, under the 
special direction of Prof. Frank H. Ham- 
ilton, M.D., and in the spring of 18G;> he 
sold his pro])erty at Columbus City and 
removed to Muscatine. At the opening 
of the Medical Department of tbe Uni- 
versity be was tendered bis present posi- 
tion, which he accepted, and entered 
upon his duties December 22d, 18(59. 

In 1873, while acting as city and 
county physician of Muscatine county, 
bis attention was attracted by the de- 
plorable condition of the feeble-minded 
children tlien in the poor-iiouse, and in 
January, 1874, he (then President of tbe 
State Jledical Society) reviewed the mat- 
ter in his annual address. But as the 
society was apparently indifferent, be 
presented the matter to the Legislature, 
and argued it so successfully that tbe 
institutiim at Glenwood was established, 
and Dr. Robertj^on was very properly ap- 
pointed President of the Board of Trus- 
tees. 

The Doctor has also been President of 
the Eastern Iowa District Medical Soci- 
ety and the American Medical Associa- 
tion. He was married, June 10th, 1856, 
to Miss Annie E. Charlton, of Catta- 
raugus county. New York. His long 
connection with tlie University speaks 
for his professional ability, and those 
who have met bim know his rare social 
qualities. 

John C. Shraoek, A.M., M.D., 

Profeuor of Obntttrle* ami DIttasea qf Womtn. 
fPttrtrnit. Fnmtispieco.] 
Dr. Shrader began bis career as a poor 
boy, and has by his own elTorts risen to 
an honorable position in professional and 
social life. He was born in Wasliingtou 
county, Ohio, April 21th, 1840, and is the 
son of John and Eliza Ann Shrader. 
His boyliood was spent on the farm, 
where he was trained to habits of indus- 
try and economy. Owing to bis fatlier's 
illness, on him, as tbe eldest son, mainly 
devolved the support of tlie family, which 
denied him much opportiniity for educa- 
tion ; and, although a college course was 
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for lack of means. But a natural talent 
and earnest study in later life, have 
made the lack of college training imper- 
ceptible, and placed him the compeer of 
men who have had every advantage of 
the schools. 

He early desired to devote himself to 
the profession of medicine, and while at 
home, and between the hours of teaching, 
he studiously ajjplied himself to the 
science. Removing to Linn county, this 
State, in 185.5, he engaged in farming 
and stock-raising. This occupation he 
continued successfully until the crisis of 
1857-58, when, with thousands of others 
in the West, he experienced financial 
ruin. Leaving the farm, he assisted in 
the organization of Western College, in 
Linn county, and was one of its first in- 
structors. This afforded him opportuni- 
ty of resuming his studies, and under di- 
rection of Dr. Crouse, and afterward Dr. 
Parmenter, he resumed his favorite work 
with renewed vigor. Resigning his jjlace 
in the school, he attended medical lec- 
tures in Brooklyn, N. Y., and was fairly es- 
tablished in his profession, when he was 
commissioned, by Gov. Kirkwood, cap- 
tain in the 22d Iowa Infantry (Colonel 
Stone's regiment). In 186i he was de- 
tailed to General Fitz-Heury Warren's 
staff, and served for a time as Provost- 
Marshal General in Texas. Returning 
to his regiment, he was soon afterward 
appointed its surgeon, with the rank of 
Major; and, after removal of his regiment 
to the eastern department, he was cho- 
sen as one of the operating surgeons of 
the second division of the Nineteenth 
Army Corps. After the battle of Win- 
chester he had charge of one of the larg- 
est hospitals in Winchester, Va. He 
remained with his regiment until mus- 
tered out, and before leaving it was pre- 
sented with a complete set of surgical in- 
struments, upon the several cases of 
which was engraved the following: 

Presented to Suraeon John (', Shradc-r. by the 
officers and men of the '-'2d regiment, Iowa In- 
fantry, in appreciation of his skill as a physician 
and surj^reou. and as a tribnte of hn-e and esteem 
from his comrades in arms. 

On leaving the service, he entered upon 

the practice of his profession in Iowa 

City, where, by his skill and success in 



medicine and surgery, he has made him- 
self one of the leading physicians of the 
city, gained enviable reputation abroad, 
and built up a large practice. On estab- 
lishment of the Medical Department of 
the University, he was elected to his 
present position, and through him, as 
well as the other accomplished profes- 
sors and lecturers, the department has 
gained mtich of its growing esteem in the 
great Northwest. 

He has lieen physician of the city 
Board of Health, and is a member of 
various Medical Societies of the State and 
the nation. He is Past Eminent Com- 
mander of Palestine Commandery, No. 2, 
Knights Templar, and has held various 
important positions in Blasonry and 
other orders. 

He was married, in 1852, and his wife 
dying in 1871, was again married. His 
present wife was Miss Margaret A. Car- 
ter. 

It was Dr. Shrader's merited popular- 
ity that gained for him the Republican 
candidacy for the State Legislature in 
1879, to which he was elected in Novem- 
ber of that year. He has filled the posi- 
tion satisfactorily to his constituents, and 
his work for State and county interests 
has received the quiet approval of all. 

Leonard F. Parkeb, A.M., 

Professor of Greek Lanriuage ami Lileralure and 
Histonj and Iiislrttdor in Com- 
parative Philolofpj. 

[Portrait, Frontispiece.] 
Prof. Parker is one of the best known 
and most popular teachers in Iowa. 
His reputation as a thinker and writer 
has long ago crossed the bounds of the 
State, while he is also regarded as a 
forcible and pleasant speaker. 

Leonard F. Parker was born in Ar- 
cade, New York, August 3d, 1825. He 
is the youngest of the nine children 
of EUas and Dorothy Parker, and was 
reared on a farm. He attended the 
Academy in Arcade, and at the age of 
twenty-one entered Olierlin College, 
Ohio, where he graduated in 1851, with 
the degree of A.B. Among his class- 
mates were Jacob D. Cox, since Secre- 



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tary of the Interior, anil author of two 
vohimes of a new history now hein;^ 
issued by Scribners, entitlcil "Camjiaifjns 
of the Civil War;" also, Samuel F. 
Cooper, until recently Consul at Glas- 
gow. 

Upon leavini; collejje, Prof. Parker 
tan^ht school in Pennsylvania. In 185G 
he raovecl to Grinnell, Iowa, where he 
aceeptoJ a position in the jjulilic schools, 
and filled it so admirably that, when 
three years later, Iowa C<)lle;,'e was re- 
moved to Grinnell, he was made Princi- 
pal of the Preparatory School, and act- 
ing President, and, in 1861, Professor 
of Ancient Lantruages. To the great 
satisfaction of the |)eople of the State 
who knew of Prof. Parker's jjeculiar 
fitness and success as a teacher, in 1870 
he was calle<l to the chair of Greek in 
the State University. He has continued 
in that capacity until the present time, 
some additions to his work being made 
when he assumed the duties involved in 
History and Comparative Philology. 

Although teaching has been, and still 
is, a life work with Prof. Parker, he has 
also had experience both as a soldier 
and a legislator. In the war of the re- 
bellion he was in the one hundred days 
service, and went as far as Memphis. In 
1868 he was sent to the Legislature from 
Poweshiek county, where he did elFcctive 
service, one of his best known efTorts 
being the introduction of the bill, which 
became a law, allowing two free scholar- 
ships for the University from each 
county. 

In, 1875, in company with Prof. Cur- 
rier, Prof. Parker made a to>ir of Europe, 
visiting tlie British Isles, France, Ger- 
many, S\vitz(>rland, Greece, and other 
countries, and retnrnedj invigorated and 
encouraged, to his native land. 

He was married, in 18iW, at Oberlin, 
to Miss Sarah C. Pearse. 

Professor and Mrs. Parker have but 
one child living, ^frs. Harriet .1. Camp- 
bell, who grailuiitcd from the University 
in 1H7'.(, and was a teacher of Greek and 
Oermaii until her marriage with Mr. 
Campbell, wlio is also a graduati- of the 
University, A.B. 1H77, and LL.ii. 1879. 



Samttel CaxiVin, A.M., 

ProfrttoT qfXa'ural Srifnct and Curator o/ l/ie 
Cnitertity Cabinrt. 

(PortraiL FnmtiHpiece.l 

Prof. Calvin was born in Wigtalton- 
shire, Scotland, on February 2d, 184<). 
He attended the parish school in liis 
native town until he was eleven years of 
age, at which time, in 1851, his parents 
removed to this country, and l<K-at»'d in 
Saratoga county, New York, where they 
resided for four years, when, in 1855, the 
family removed to Buchanan county, 
Iowa. 

Prof. CaUin was connected with Lenox 
College, Hopkinton, Iowa, from 1864 
until 1809, as Professor of Natural Sci" 
ences. During a part of this period, as 
well as previous to Prof. Calvin's connec- 
tion with the school. Prof. Hammond, 
until recently Chancellor of the Law 
Department, was connected with the 
same institution. 

In 18<'>9, Prof. Calvin severed his con- 
nection with Lenox College, and accepted 
the position of [irincipal of one of the 
Dubuque schools, and he resided in that 
city until 1874, when he was called to 
his present position in the State Univer- 
sity. 

He was married at Ho|)kintou, in 18<)0, 
to Miss Louisa .Tackson, of that place. 
In 1804 he enlisted in the 44th Iowa regi- 
ment, which was called out for one hun- 
dred days, and during this time was 
constantly employed in guard duty. 

Prof. Calvin's lifelong study of the 
special study wliicli he teaches has qual- 
ified him, in an eminent manner, to 
instruct others in it, and, during his con- 
nection with the University, he has filled 
his position most creditably to himself 
and to the institution. 

Allen C. Cowpertiiwaite, M.D., Ph.D., 

Profmiinr of .Viitrrin Mfiira in //ot/n*'<}/>titAic 

MfilifitI tti'ittti-tni' itl. /.ii'/tttyr on hiitfaneit 

nf W'itmfn it'nt ctitl'trrii, ami Dran 

iif tht h'ilfully. 

(Portrait, Fr<nitiHi>ioce.| 

Dr. Cowpertiiwaite was born in Cape 

May county. New York, May ltd, 1848. 

In his youthful days he moved, with his 

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a common school, worked at the art of 
printiut?, and finally finished his educa- 
tion at Toulon Seminarj". 

Engaging, for a while, in the retail 
book trade, he afterward began the study 
of medicine, at the early age of seven- 
teen. After attending one session of the 
Medical Department of the State Uni- 
versity of Iowa, then located at Keoktik, 
and being dissatisfied with what he con- 
sidered the erroneous and conflicting 
theories there taught, he proceeded to 
Philadelphia, and placing himself under 
the instruction of that distinguished 
homcEopathist, Constantine Hering, 
now deceased, he finally graduated from 
the Hahnemann Medical College, of that 
city, March 3d, 1869. He immediately 
returned West, and located at Galva, 
HUnois, where he remained in practice 
four years, and then moved to Nebraska 
City, Nebraska. Here a larger practice 
and a wider field of operations awaited 
him. He soon caused the organization 
of the homceopathic profession in that 
State, and was looked upon as a leader. 
In 1876 he received the degree of Doctor 
of Philosophy from the Central Univer- 
sity of Iowa, and the same year publish- 
ed a work entitled "Insanity in its Med- 
ico-Legal Belations," which met with a 
large sale. 

In 1877 he accepted the chair of Men- 
tal and Nervous Diseases in his alma 
mnter, the Hahnemann Medical College of 
Philadelphia, and was arranging to ful- 
fill his engagement with that institution, 
when he received notice of his election 
to the position he now occupies, which, 
being so strongly urged upon him, he 
finally accepted. 

In 1880 was pubhshed his text-book of 
Materia Mediea, the first edition of 
which, being exhausted in a few months, 
a second is now ready. A large part of 
the last edition was sold in advance of 
publication, the book having, with but 
one exception, been adopted as a test- 
book by every homoeopathic college in 
this country and in Etrrope. 

Dr. Cowperthwaite was married to Miss 
Ida Ervine, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, June 2d, 
1870. In the years during which he has 



been Dean of the Homoeopathic Medical 
Faculty the department has grown into 
its present flourishing condition, and 
this is due, in great part, to his signal 
ability. He has striven earnestly to 
make it worthy of the State which it 
represents, and, without doubt, to him is 
due the credit of its present success. 
Able, earnest, and willing, he has lal:;oreJ 
with a devotion to his work which knows 
no rest, and in him the student has 
always found one to whom he can go 
for counsel, with the assurance that it 
will be generously given, under any 
circumstances. In his social life, affable 
and agreeable, he has made warm friends 
of all who have had the pleasure of meet- 
ing him, and luiiversal regret would fol- 
low, should he, at any time, leave his 
present honorable position; tor the Uni- 
versity cannot spare him, and those who 
know him and the great work he is car- 
rying forward rebel against such a mis- 
fortune. 

Susan F. Smith, 

Professor of EfKjli^h Language and Literature. 

[Portrait, Frontispiece.] 

The lady who at present holds the 
chair of English Language and Litera- 
ture came here last spring, by request of 
the University officers, to fill the position 
made vacant by Miss Sudlow's resigna- 
tion. Although hardly settled to the 
work, and but httle known to our citi- 
zens, those who have the pleasure of her 
acquaintance are satisfied that she pos- 
sesses talent and presence that well fit 
her for the task. 

Susan Fenimore Smith was bom in 
Glasgow, Missouri, May 31st, 1819, and 
is the third of nine children of Henrj- W. 
and Susan F. Smith. Her father remov- 
ed to St. Louis when she was three years 
of age, and before his death, which 
occurred in 1870, was the President of 
the St. Louis and Memphis Packet Com- 
pany. Mrs. Smith still lives, and is now 
with her daughter in Iowa City. 

In 1867, Miss Smith graduated with 
honors from the St. Louis High School, 
of which institution she had been a stu- 
dent for four vears. She remained in 



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St. Loais till 1873, when, to satisfy a 

lon).'-entertiuut'il ilesirc to look npon the 
art treasures of the oKl world, slie made 
a trip ti> Europe, ami while there cazed 
on the ancient Rome, Venice, Florence, 
Genoa, and those famous palaces and 
museums which have made the name of 
Italy a synonym for all that is beautiful 
in paintiujf and sculpture, and KaineJ 
for the country the title of Mother of 
Musicians. Here, — where Raphael and 
Angelo drew those jjr'ind lines of beauty; 
where the souls of Verdi and Donizetti 
had pulsed in rhythmic strain, — she 
breathed the air of inspiration, and her 
tastes touched tlic borders of completion. 
Wliile here she learned to speak the 
Italian. Lea\-in;,' the sunny peninsula 
with rejrret, after she had visited Switz- 
erland, Berlin and Dusseldorf in Ger- 
many, and notable places in France and 
elsewhere, she returned home, with pleas- 
ant memories of the continent and much 
knowledjie of its lanjjua^jes and customs 
gained by actual contact with the people. 

While on a visit to Glasfiow, Missouri, 
after her return from Europe, Miss 
Smith was tendered the chair of Modern 
Languages and Literature in Pritcliett 
School Institute, which position she 
accepted, and, judging from the high 
compliments paid to her by citizens, fac- 
ulty, and press, we have no doubt that 
she filled the position most acceptably. 
Th's school was founded in IHfiO, and a 
prospectus of the institution, among 
other matter, contains the following: 
"Miss Susan F. Smith, a student of con- 
tinental academies and of language and 
literature in France and Germany, is 
Professor of Modern Languages and 
teacher of drawing and painting, and a 
lady of generous culture." 

We can only add to this the remark 
lliiit the lady has gained the friendship 
of all our students who have come binder 
her charge. 

Geoboe a. Thurston, 

iFiml Lleulriiaiil Thlr,l V. S. ArU'Uri/,'1 Pro- 
ftmor of Millliirij Srlrnct ami Tartlet. 

[Portniit, FrontiH|iiec<'. 1 

liienteuaut Thurston was bom iu Gen- 



esee county, New York, February 22d, 
1834, and is the second of the children of 
George A. and Ursula Thurston, of 
whom, besides, there are three daughters. 
Owing to the death of his father, the 
care of the family, to large degree, early 
devolved upon him. 

In \Ku, enticed by the stories of the 
Western El Dorado, he started for Cali- 
fornia, by way of the Straits of Magellan. 
He was ninety-seven days making the 
journey, the hardships of which are only 
known to those who "rounded the Horn" 
in the days when the iron rail terminated 
far east of the plains. In California he 
engaged in mining and prospecting, and, 
at the beginning of the civil war, in 
18G1, was in Nevada. During a part of 
the rebellion he was captain in the 
Nevada volunteers, and commanded an 
important post in the Indian country. 
He was mustered out of the volunteer 
service in IRC);"). In ISOT he was commis- 
sioned second lieutenant in the 4th U. S. 
Cavalry, and in W>H he was promoted 
to first lieutenant. In 1874, after seven 
years service on the southwestern fron- 
tier, he was transferred to the Third 
U. S. .■Vrtillery, then garrisoning the forts 
around New York harbor and the lower 
lakes. In 1875 he graduated from the 
Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, 
Virginia. In lH7y he was detailed to his 
present position in the University, which 
he leaves, in 1HS2, by limitation. 

Lieutenant Thurston is a gentleman, 
as well as a soldier, and " trials by flood 
and field " and actual contiict with scenes 

where 

"Th(» l»'nt of till' iiIarminK ilrum 
KouHod up Ihc Holiiior t'ru tho iiiorninK Htnr, 
While thronuwl tlio citizcni) with terror dumli," 

have not roughened, but polished his 
character, and made him a fit tt'acher of 
military science. 

AcsTiN Adaus, A.M., 

{Jiiiint' of Sti/irfinr Courf ft/ foira.) L^cfitr^r on 
ffif K'lif of forftoni/iotm unit ftinnnlticf. 

.Judge Adams was born in Andover, 
Windsor county, Vermont, May '2-lth, 
182(i, and is the son of Jerry and Dorcas 
(Austin ) .■Vdaras. His early life was spent 
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in the common schools, and when four- 
teen years of age, he entered Black River 
Academ)-, to complete his preparatory 
course. At nineteen he entered the 
8ophomore class of the Dartmouth Col- 
lege, New Hampshire, and graduated 
from that institution in due time. After 
leaving college he was appointed princi- 
pal of the Academy at West Randolph, 
where, in his leisure hours, he studied 
law, having early exhibited a penchant 
for the science. Afterward he attended 
Harvard Law School, and, in 1854, was 
admitted to practice at Windsor, Ver- 
mont. He then formed a partnership 
with ex-Governor Coolidge, which, how- 
ever, continued but a short time, he com- 
ing West in the same year. Being 
pleased with the location and prospects 
of Duluique, he settled there, and was 
soon actively engaged in his profession. 
The ability he displayed gained the con- 
fidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, 
and, in 1875, he was elected .Judge of the 
Supreme Court of Iowa for a term of six 
years. 

Judge Adams was married in 1857 to 
Miss Mary Newbiiry, daughter of a Pres- 
byterian clergyman. Personally he has 
many rare qualities, and, by an upright 
course of life and manly independence of 
character, has made for himself a wide 
and admirable reputation. 



Mark Rannet, M.D., 

{ifefiical Superinti}ndei}t of thf Iowa Honpital 

for th( Insane, at Mount' Phasant,) Lecturer 

on Insani'y. 

Dr. Ranney was born in Westminster 
West, Windham county, Vermont, July 
7th, 18127. His paternal ancestors came 
from Normandy, one of whom settled in 
Connecticut early in the last century. 
Having received an academical education 
at the Saxtou's River (Vt.) Seminary, he 
entered upon the study of medicine in 
his native town, under the tuition of Dr. 
Daniel Campbell, a physician of distinc- 
tion, still in active practice. After two 
years of otiice study and attendance on 
one course of lectures at the Vermont 
Medical College, Woodstock, he was ap- 
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pointed medical pupil in the Butler Hos- 
pital for the Insane, Providence, R. I., 
then under supervision of Isaac Ray. 
Graduating Doctor of Medicine from the 
Vermont Medical College, in 18-t9, he 
was elected assistant i^hysician to the 
Butler Hospital, and at once entered up- 
on the duties of the office. In 1854 he 
was elected to and accepted the more de- 
sirable position of assistant physician in 
the McLean Asylum for the Insane, Som- 
erville, near Boston, of which Luther V. 
Bell was then superintendent. Here he 
remained until 1864, when he was elected 
Medical Superintendent of the Hospital 
at Mount Pleasant, a position he has 
continuously held, excei^t in 1873-7.5, 
when he was in charge of the hospital at 
Madison, Wisconsin. 

He has long since felt that his associa- 
tion, for so many years, with these dis- 
tinguished specialists. Doctors Ray and 
Bell, was of the greatest benefit to bim. 
In 1871, by in's-itation of the Medical 
Faculty, he read a course of six lectures 
on Insanity before the attending class of 
that department, and has repeated them, 
in modified and enlarged form, from year 
to year since that time, with the excep- 
tion of one year, when he was prevented 
from so doing by sickness. 

For twenty years he has been frequent- 
ly called upon as an expert in criminal 
and civil cases, where questions of men- 
tal unsoundness have been raised, and in 
some cases his written opinion has led to 
settlement without costly legal proceed- 
ings. 

When living in New England he was 
a member of the Rhode Island and 
Massachusetts Medical Societies, and is 
now a member of the Iowa Medical So- 
ciety and the Association of Superinten- 
dents of American Hospitals for the In- 
sane, and he has read pajjers before each 
of these societies. He also read a paper, 
Ijrepared by invitation, before the State 
Teachers' Association, in 1879, at their 
meeting at Independence. 

The Doctor was married, October 2d, 
186.5, to Martha, daughter of Thomas 
Sawyer, Esq., of Sterling, Mass. 



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John N. Booers, LL.D., 

Lecturer on Constlliillonal Law. 

Mr. Rogers wns born in New York City, 
November 7th, IKH). His early life was 
spent at Fairfield, Conn., anJ North- 
hauiptou, Mass., where he also prepared 
for college. In September, 1H14, he en- 
tered the University of the City of New 
York, and trraduated therefrom in 184S. 
He then retnmed tt> Northampton, where 
he studied law, and, in February, 1852, 
was there admitted to the bar. From 
1853 to ia55 he was Professor of Plead- 
ing, Practice, and Evidence in the State 
and National L;iw School at Poughkeep- 
sie, N. Y. lu 1857 he removed to Daven- 
port, where he has ever since resided, 
engaged solely in the practice of law, and 
is now partner in the firm of Putnam & 
Rogers. 

He was married at Warwick, N. Y., 
April 12th, 1857. He represented Scott 
county in the 11th General Assembly of 
Iowa, and is well known in the legal i)ro- 
fession as a successful advocate and 
practitioner. From 1878 to 1880 he was 
President of the Iowa State Bar Associa- 
tion. In 1879 he received the degree of 
LL.D. from his nhim mater. 

This is a brief sketch of Mr. Rogers' 
career, without rlietorical flourish, — a 
score of incidents might be added to give 
it length; l)ut i)erhaps they would add 
nothing to the general respect in which 
he is held. 

Elmeu F. Clapp, M.D., 

P rttfi ititor of Anatomy. 
[Portniit, Front iHpiocp.] 
Dr. Clapp was born April inth, 1843, 
in St. Lawrence county. New York, and 
is of Welsh and Scotch descent. In 1844 
his parents moved to Cook county, 111., and 
in the vicinity of Chicago he resided a 
year, returning to New York in 1845. 
The family returned to Morris, Illinois, 
in 181'.), and he there attended public 
school, and, in l'<."i8, entered the Nor- 
mal University at Blimmington. He re- 
mained there until 18IU, and on April 
23[1 of that year enlisted in the 11th Illi- 
nois regiment, and served all through the 
war, being discharged November, 18G5. 



He commenced the study of medicine 
while in the army, and, upon his dis- 
charge, entered the office of Dr. Rous- 
seau, in Washington, Iowa. He attended 
the Ann Arbor Medical School in 18G7-8 
then went to New York, and entered 
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, grad- 
uating therefrom in March, 1870. 

He first commenced practice in Brace- 
ville, but soon moved to Washington, 
Iowa. In September, 1871, he was ap- 
pointed to the chair of Anatomy in the 
State University. He retained his prac- 
tice in Washington until 1873, when he 
moved to Iowa City and commenced 
practice. 

Dr. Clai)p was married to Mrs. C. M. 
Barrett, in Wapello, Iowa, December 
19th, 1878. 

He is a member, and for a long time 
was President, of the Iowa City Medical 
Society; is also a member of the Johnson 
County and American Medical Societies, 
and other societies which space does not 
admit of our mentioning. He is at 
present attending surgeon end President 
of the Board of Directors of Mercy Hos- 
pital, of Iowa City, and, indeed, it was 
through his efforts, and those of Dr. 
Shrader, that the institution was built. 

Dr. Clapp has been identified with every 
public enterprise, and is a valued citi- 
zen. He is at the head of every move- 
ment which has in view the prosperity of 
the city, or its people; and by his genial 
kindness, ability, and hearty co-operation 
in every scheme which can materially in- 
crease the prosperity of the town or insti- 
tution with which he is so ])rominently 
connected, he commands the respect and 
has won the regard of all who know him. 

Philetus H. PerLBRioK, M.S., C.E., 

PrqfettOT qf CltU Englntering. 
tPortmit, Froiiti»|ii<M"i>.] 
Prof. Philbrick first saw light in Ma- 
chias township, Cattaraugus county, New 
York, March 8th, 1839. 

When ten years of age, his parents 
moved to Grant county, Wisconsin, 
where his father opened a country hotel, 
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taking up residence there, his father 
died, and the duty of taking charge of 
affairs fell upon him. 

Until he was eighteen years old, the 
entire management of the hotel and 
farm devolved upon him, and it was 
but little time he could find to attend 
school. From the age of eighteen until 
he was twenty-three he worked as well as 
taught around home, and prepared for 
college in the Tafton Collegiate Semi- 
nary in the same county in which his 
home was located. 

In 1802 he entered the 20th Wisconsin 
Volunteers, and served until 1865. He 
was assigned to the commissary depart- 
ment, in which he served most of the 
time. Upon three separate occasions he 
was discharged for promotion, — once as 
adjutant of a Texan regiment, again as 
captain of an Iowa company, and again 
for hospital service. 

Leaving the army, in 1865, he soon 
after entered the University of Michigan, 
and graduated from both the scientific 
and engineering departments in 1868. 
During the five years intervening be- 
tween 1868 and 1873, he was engaged in 
practical engineering, being constantly 
in the field, in Michigan, Indiana, and 
Ohio, principally with railroad work. In 
1873 he was appointed Professor of Civil 
Engineering in the State University of 
Iowa, and has creditably occupied tiiat 
important chair ever since. Prof. Phil- 
brick was City Engineer from 187i to 
1878, and was re-appointed in 1881. 

He has been consulted in many import- 
ant cases, and his opinions command 
respect. The questions which he has 
been called on to decide have been princi- 
pally in regard to engineering and mathe- 
matics, and the influence of his opinion 
has been recognized by the State, which 
has consulted him in regard to the erec- 
tion of several public buildings, such, 
for instance, as the Penitentiary at Ft. 
Madison, and the capitol at Des Moines. 
August 14th, 1862, he was married to 
Miss Malah P. Brackett, in Grant county, 
Wisconsin. Prof, and Mrs. Philbrick have 
had five children, four now living. 

Prof. Philbrick has written several con- 



troversial articles in regard to mathe- 
matical and engineering subjects, which 
have been published in the leading engi- 
neering journals, and attracted wide 
attention. He has also written numerous 
articles on the metric system, and other 
essays, which have appeared in various 
publications, and is now a contributor to 
the principal mathematical and engineer- 
ing journals of the country. He is a 
member of the American Society of Civil 
Engineers, of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, and of 
several other societies. 

Prof. Philbrick's work in the Univer- 
sity, public and private life, is worthy 
of emulation. He is identified with 
every movement which could promote 
the welfare of the masses, or the spread 
of scientific knowledge, and is an earnest 
helper of the great cause of education. 

William D. Middleton, M.D., 

Priir'exsor of Phyniolorjii and Mkroseopic 
AfHifo/nij. 

Dr. Middleton was born in Bervie, 
Kincardineshire, Scotland, April 26th, 
1844. He came to this country while 
still young, and received his preliminary 
education in the Davenport High School. 
He entered Bellevue Hospital Medical 
College, from -nhich institution lie grad- 
uated in March, 1868, and settled in Dav- 
enport, where he commenced the prac- 
tice of his profession. In 1870 he was 
elected Professor of Physiology and Mi- 
croscopic Anatomy in the Medical De- 
partment of the State University. 

Dr. Middleton was married in May, 
1871, to Miss Sue Y. Moduna, in New 
York City. He is a member of the Iowa 
State and Scott County Medical Socie- 
ties, being President of the latter from 
1876 to 1877. He is a visiting physician 
of Mercy Hospital at Davenport and one 
of the consulting physicians of Mercy 
Hospital in Iowa City, as well as surgeon 
of the C, B. I. & P. Eailroad Company, 
and examining surgeon for pensions. 

In all his intercourse with his fellow- 
men he is a pleasant, affable gentleman, 
and has won, in his professional capacity 
and in social life, scores of friends. 



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Emljn McCiiAiN, A.M., 

Jietiiltnl Pritfetsor of Law. 

Kmlin McCliiin was liorn in Siilem, 
( )liio, November 2Wh, 1851. In 1*5,5 his 
parents moved to Tii)ton, this State, and 
after a residence of two years in that 
jihiee, opened a farm in Cedar county, 
where they lived for eifrht years, after 
whicli they moved to Wilton. Here he 
prepared for eolleKP, and, iu October, 
186<), entered the Preparatory Depart- 
ment, then a part of tlie State University. 
BeiuK well-advauced iu his studies, he 
was enabled to enter the second year's 
class, there being only a two years course 
in that department. He graduated with 
his class iu 1871, and was equally pre- 
pared to take either the scientific or the 
clas.sical degree; but being necessarily 
limited, he chose tliat of Bachelor of 
Philosophy. During the following year 
he taught in the Iowa City .\eademy, 
which had been founded, and was at 
that time conducted, by his father. At 
the same time he continued his studies 
in a post-graduate course, taking the 
degree of A.B. in 1872. The next year 
he attended the Law Department, and 
graduated with the class of 1873. Im- 
mediiitely thereafter he entered the law 
office of Gatch k Wright, in Des Moines, 
as clerk and stenographer, and remained 
with the tirni, in that capacity, until the 
fall of 1S77, with the excei)tion of serving 
two terms in Congress (1875-7ri and 1876- 
77; as clerk of the Senate Committee on 
Claims — Senator Wright, of this State, 
being chairman of the committee. 

Prof. McClain was married in Des 
Moin.'s. February liltli. 1879, to Miss 
Ellen L. Griffith, (jf that city. 

In 1880 he prepared " McClain's Anno- 
tatcil Statutes of Iowa," a work of two 
volumes*, published by Callaghan it Co., 
of Chicago, wliich has been of inestim- 
able value to the membei-s of the Iowa 
bar. Perfectly accurate, it has i)ushed 
out all its predecessors, which ore far 
lielow its standard. The appreciatit)n 
with wliich the work lias been accepted, 
and tlic liigli praise which eminent mem- 
bers of the biir liavi' given it, speak 



volumes for the book, which is fit to be 
the crowning work of a life-time. 

In June, 1881, Mr. McClain was ap- 
pointed Resident Professor of Law in 
his iibiiii miitir, and removed to Iowa 
City, assuming the duties of the position 
in September. 

We need say little in conclusion, — the 
readers of this brief biography wiU see 
that it is the life history of a student. 
No time has been wasted. The glean- 
ings of years have been applied to devel- 
oping the professiim he has chosen, and 
in smoothing the path for those to 
follow, as well as to light<>n the burdens 
of his cotemporaries. He has not only 
gained a reputation far outside our State, 
but, better still, the warmest regard of 
his associates. 

Cicero M. Hobby, M.D., 

Lecturer on OpfiHinhnology aiut otology, Dttnon~ 

stratot of AiKttomij, and Curator of tht 

Mriiit'ft't Miltteum, 

[Portrait, Frontispiene-l 
Dr. Hobby was born October 16th, 1848, 
in Skeneatales, New York. His ancestors 
on both sides had emigrated from Eng- 
land alxiut the year 1641), and settled in 
New England. In 1850 his father died, 
and his mother, with her little son, took 
up her residence with her father, Dr. 
Philander Mead, who was one of the 
early physicians of central New York, 
having begun the practice of medicine in 
Genoa, that State, in 1811, afterward, 
about 1818, removing to Locke. Dr. 
Hobby's grandfather died in 18.52, and 
his mother continued to live in the old 
house, with her brother, 1 )r. Nelson Mead. 
From his mother and uncle he received 
most of his preliminary education, hav- 
ing attended the district school btit one 
term, and that when he was about thir- 
teen years of age. 

In 18(i2 he attended one term nt the 
Ft. Edward Institute on tlie upjier Hud- 
son. In the fall of 18(;2 he commenced 
to attend the academy at Moravia, N. Y., 
and continued in that institution until 
1866. On the 1st of .Tainiary, 1867, he 
entered upon the study of medicine with 
his uncle, and, after three years attend- 
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Medical College, New York City, March 
1st, 1870. Shortly after his graduation, 
he commenced the practice of medicine 
where his uncle and grandfather had 
preceded him for'] upwards of sixty 
years; but becoming discontented with 
the quiet routine of a county practice in 
that State, he abandoned his work there, 
and moved to Iowa in 1872, commencing 
practice at WUton. In the fall of that 
year he was persuaded to move to Sagi- 
naw, Michigan, by an apparent oppor- 
tunity for a more extended surgical 
practice, — the part of the profession to 
which his tastes inclined. But the 
country, climate, and unsettled condition 
of business were unsatisfactory to him, 
and he revisited his early home in New 
York, endeared to him by the many 
associations of childhood and youth. 
This was in the fall of 1873, and he soon 
became engaged in practice, and his 
contemplated ■s'isit extended to lengthy 
residence. 

lu .Tune, 1874, he was married at Pitts- 
field, Massachusetts, to Miss Mary L. 
Parker, a former schoolmate in the 
academy at Moravia. He returned to 
Wilton in April, 1875, and was appointed 
lecturer on Ophthalmology and Otology 
in the State University the ensuing 
session — 1875-6 — which position he has 
since filled; also, in 1876 being appointed 
Demonstrator of Anatomy. He moved 
to Iowa City in 1876, where he now 
resides. His private practice has con- 
stantly increased, and his patients come 
from all parts of Iowa and adjoining 
States, and in his public clinics are 
presented every variety of disease of the 
eyes and every operation of ophthalmic 
surgery that can be witnessed in any of 
the clinics of the larger citie's.G Amid 
the increasing cares of active practice, 
the Doctor has not lost his love for the 
study of botany, and his spare hours are 
still given to the collection and study of 
the plants, mostly microscopic, growing 
in the water. 

This is a brief sketch of a worthy 
subject whose life might well be dwelt 
upon at greater length|with profit. In 
the study of that profession whose aim 



is the amelioration of the sufferings of 
mankind, the greatest portion of his life 
has been spent, and those who have 
been benefited by him cherish grateful 
memories of his skill. 



IsEAEL P. Wilson, D.D.S., 

Lfctin-L'r on Dental S'trgert/. 

Dr. Wilson was born in Mt. Pleasant, 
Jefferson county, Ohio, April 12th, 1837. 
He came West with his parents in 1852, 
and located at Springdale, Cedar coun- 
ty, Iowa. Until 21 years of age, he re- 
mained on the farm, receiving a common 
school education. He then went to Tip- 
ton, for the purpose of attending the 
Normal School there, preparatory to 
teaching. Afterward was elected teach- 
er of this school, where, and in adjoining 
districts, he taught for the next four 
years. He then went to Ohio, and pur- 
sued his studies for a time at Hopedale 
College. After teaching school for a year, 
he returned to Iowa, and soon thereafter 
commenced reading dentistry with Dr. 
N. H. Tulloss, of Iowa City. He com- 
menced practice at Marengo, in 1864, and 
in 1866 moved to Boonesboro, where he 
remained about two years. He then 
returned to Iowa City, and entered into 
partnership, for one year, with his for- 
mer preceptor, Dr. Tulloss, when he sold 
out his interest, went to St. Louis, and 
entered upon a course of study in the 
Missouri Dental College,— in the spring 
of 1869, receiving from that institution 
the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. 
Immediately thereafter he located at 
Burlington, where he has since resided, 
and is now engaged in a large and lucra- 
tive practice. 

Dr. Wilson also attended one course 
of lectures in Pope's Medical College, at 
St. Louis. 

In 1872, he was elected to his present 
])osition in the Medical Department of 
the University. 

His present wife was Miss Lavina 
Shepherd, of Iowa City, a graduate 
(1876) of the Normal Department of tlie 
University. 

In 1877 he was elected Professor of 



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Operative Dentistry in the Western Col- 
lege of Deutiil Sur>;eou9, at St. Lonis ; 
but this work requiring too much time 
from liis practice, he resijrneil the posi- 
tion, ami accepted an invitation to act as 
one of the clinical instructors in the Mis- 
souri Dental CoUe^je, in the same city. 
Dnrint: the past year, however, he has 
found it necessary to withdraw from that 
enjoyable work, and devote his entire 
time to increased professional duties. 



Walter D. Stillman, M.D., 

Lfchirer on Thera/untirA of filntt^frlral PiitfQftts, 
in Hoimvopathic Mfitifat J)epartmtnt. 

Dr. Stillman was bom in Peoria, Illi- 
nois, November 14th, 1837. Through the 
celebrated Horace Mann, he was attract- 
ed to tlip preparatory si-hool of .\ntioch 
College in ISM). At the outbreak of the 
Rebellion he was an under-graduate in 
the college, and enlisted, in April, 18(31, 
' in the 2d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for 
three months. After the battle of Bull's 
Run, in which his regiment took part, he 
returned home, and entered upon the 
study of medicine and surgery. On June 
■Jl.st, ISiiS, he was married at Yellow 
Springs, Ohio, and graduated the same 
year from the Cincinnati College of 
Medicine and Surgery. In March, 1865, 
Dr. Stillman was commissioned surgeon 
of tlie 1.51st Illinois Infantry, and served 
with his regiment and was in charge of 
tlie jiost hospital at Macon, Georgia, 
until February, lf<Gl!, when his regiment 
was mustered out. 

In January, 1874, he moved to Council 
BlulTs, and upon the establishment of 
the Homcpopathic lyiedical Department 
was tendered his present position in the 
University. Dr. Stillman is a successful 
physician in the city in which he now re- 
sides. 

William C. Pre-ston, A.M., 

Aufhftitit Pro/rKHOr of Phyiticat Srirnff. 

I'lof. Preston was born in Paris, Stark 
cnuiity, Illinois, on the 4th day of March, 
IK'i", ami was the eldest of tliree chil- 
dren. He resided in Paris until he was 



thirteen years of age. He attended the 
Seminary in Mt. Union, Ohio, alternating 
Ti-inters spent in teaching with study at 
i the Seminary. He moved tt) Oskaloosa, 
this State, in 18(i.j, and, in the succeeding 
year, came to Iowa City, and entered the 
University, from which he "graduated in 
the class of 18 iS), taking the dogre« of 
Bachelor of Philosophy. 

Upon his graduation, he entered the 
University as assistant Professor of Phy- 
sical Science, and has ever since occupied 
that position. 

Prof. Preston was married, in 1877, to 
Miss Louise Conkling, of this city. 

In his position as assistant Professor 
of Physical Science, he has distinguished 
himself, and his long connection with the 
University, in that capacity, sufficiently 
evidences the esteem and appreciation in 
which he is held. 



Thomas H. McBride, A.M., 

AMitiiitdfit Pro/fimor of Xaffirat Sci^nf^. 
[Portrait, Frontispiece.] 

Prof. McBride was bom in eastern 
Tennessee, on the ;51st of July, 1848. 
When he was six years of age, his father 
moved from his home cm the banks of 
the Holston to Henry county, Iowa. In 
18Co, he entered Lenox College, at Hop- 
kinton, Iowa, and was there a i>upil of 
Prof. Calvin, now also of the University. 
Leaving there, in the spring of 1865, he 
entered Monmoutli (III.) College the 
same year, where he remaineil until 1M()7, 
when he taught a district school in Kan- 
kakee county, Illinois. In 1S7H, he 
re-entered Monmouth College, remaining 
until 18()'.(, when he graduated with the 
degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

Prof. McBride was tendered a school 
in Middlesex county. New Jersey, in the 
year of his gradtnition, and held that 
position until 1871), at which time he 
acce|)t*'d a professorship in Monmouth 
College, his (iliim iiiiiltr. Here he taught 
mathematics and modern languages, and 
with success, until 1878, at which time 
he accepted the chair in the University 
which he still occupies. 

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Miss Diffenderfer of Hopkinton, the 
marriage taking place in Dubuque. 

A gentlemen of varied talents and cul- 
ture, it is a pleasure to meet him in 
society or at his home, and he has cer- 
tainly endeared himself to those who 
have studied under his instruction. 

Phebe Soofield, 

Assistant Professor of Mattiejiiaticif. 

[Portrait, Frontispiece.] 

The field of work which has been al- 
loted to women in the State University 
is an honorable one, and the way in 
which it has been tilled is creditable to 
the sex. One of the earnest laborers who 
have distinguished themselves in their 
work, is Miss Phebe Scofield, who was 
born in Chili, Monroe county. New York, 
November 29th, 1835. She resided with 
her parents at her birthplace, attending 
the district schools, until the fall of 1863, 
when she came to Iowa, and made her 
home in Davenport. She taught in the 
schools of that city the first year of her 
residence, and until 1874, — the last eight 
years being spent in the city schools. 
She entered the training school in that 
place in 1864, and graduated in 1865. 
From the time of her graduation until 
she left the city, her work in the schools 
was only broken once, when she was ab- 
sent for part of one year. 

In 1874 she came to Iowa City, to ac- 
cept a position as instructor in the Uni- 
versity, and so acceptably did she per- 
form all its duties, that, in 1880, she 
took her place as assistant Professor of 
Mathematics. 

John F. Pollet, C.E., 

Instructor in Engineering and Drawing. 
Mr. PoUey was born in Boscowen,New 
Hampshire, February 1st, 1850, and 
resided in that place until he was seven 
years of age, when his parents moved to 
Fayette county, Iowa. After two years 
residence there, they moved to Farmers- 
burg, Clayton county, where they 
remained until 1864. During this time 
he attended the district schools in the 
neighborhood, and worked on his father's 
farm. 



In 1864 he went to Monona, Sac coun- 
ty, and there attended school until 1871. 
The last year of his stay there he taught 
school. April '2d, 1871, he moved to 
Iowa City, and entered the University, 
continuing in that institution until the 
spring of 1873. A year was then spent 
in teaching in Clayton county, when he 
returned to Iowa City and re-entered 
the University, graduating in 1876, from 
the Engineering Department. He was 
one of three who graduated in that, the 
first, class sent out by the department. 

In 1877 he went to Texas, and spent 
two years there in the practice of his 
profession, being a public surveyor, and 
engaged in locating land "scrip." He 
was called back in November, 1879, to 
take his present position as assistant 
Professor and Instructor in Engineering 
and Drawing. 

Prof. PoUey is as yet a young man, 
but he has already won a high place in 
the confidence and respect of those who 
have met him. 

Colbert M. DesIslets, A.M., Ph.D., 

Instructor in Latin, Greek, and Elocution. 

Among the faculties of the State Uni- 
versity we find graduates of the most 
important colleges of two continents; 
and the scope of instruction here af- 
forded, in all the varied forms of these 
great institutes of learning, gives to the 
the student an amplitude of opportuni- 
ities which can be presented by few 
other schools of the country. In Pro- 
fessor DesIslets we have a representa- 
tive teacher. He was born in Dayton, 
Pennsylvania, December 25th, 1845, and 
prepared for college at the Glade Kiver 
Academy. He graduated, in 1869, from 
Princeton College, and, after pursuing a 
two years course of philological study at 
Princeton and in New York City, he 
received, in 1872, the degree of Master of 
Arts from Princeton. Not content with 
honors which would have satisfied many 
another student, he entered the Cornell 
(N. Y.) College, where, after spending 
three years in a special course of Intel- 
lectual Science, he received the degree 
of Doctor of Philosophy. 



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From 1871 to 1873 Prof. Deslslets was 

speoiiil eorreaponilent of the Paris .S/<r/f. 
In 1K74 he came to Iowa, and was prin- 
cipal of the Leon schools until last 
August, when he was called to his 
present position. 

In 1876 he was married to Miss Helen 
Dawson, of Leon. 

The work of Prof. Deslslets, thns far, 
has proven him to be a man of the clos- 
est application, and we have no donht 
that his attainments will receive, in the 
University, the appreciation they well 
deserve. 

Omer T. Gillett, A.M., M.D., 

AifKiftant to Ih*' f'hair iif' Stirfifnj (imt .sVorc/flry 
0/ thf Meiiicut Fiicultij. 

[Portrait. Frontispiece. 1 
The great science of medicine numbers 
many of its most earnest votaries in the 
Medical Department of the State Uni- 
versity, and Dr. Gillett occupies a respon- 
sible position therein. He was born at 
at Torre Haute, Indiana, .Tune iStli, 184."), 
and durinj; boyhood resided in ditTerent 
towns in the southern portion of the 
State, though principally at Indianap- 
olis. During the latter part of the Re- 
bellion he was a private in the 132d 
Indiana regiment. In i8<ifj he graduated 
from the State University of Indiana, 
completing a classical course. The win- 
ter of 1867-G8 he spent in the Medical 
College at .\nn .\rbor, Mich , and the 
following winter at the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons, New York City, 
graduating therefrom March 1st, 1869. 
Since then his i)rofes8ion has received 
his entire attention, three years having 
been spent in practice in Chicago, six 
years at La Salle, III., and the last tliree 
and a half years in Iowa City. 

In the fall of 18<W Dr. Gillett was ap- 
pointed assistant to the chair of Surgery, 
and in the summer following was elected 
Secretary of the Medical Faculty. 

September 2<lth, 1871, he was married. 
Ml liostoh, Mass., to Miss Mary .\. Hro- 
kensiiire. "Laboring for the rt lief of 
human kind" (as an abler writer has 
said), "his sharpeneil sight remedies has 
found," which huvo giiiucd for him the 



confidence of our citizens; and his cour- 
teous manner and other good qualities 
make him a desirable companion of 
brother physicians as well. 



Mrs. Ada Nokth, 

I'nlrrrtilji Librarian. 
Take away the Library of the Univer- 
sity, and professors and students would 
be "at sea;" or, at least, the deprivation 
wotdd be a great loss to the sttulent. 
An efficient librarian is also a great help; 
when a professor or a student wants a 
book, he does not like to ramble through 
pages of nondescript catalogues, al- 
though a well-arranged catalogue is a 
valuable thing: nor does he take pleas- 
ure in making inquiries of some uncivil 
individual, who, perhaps is not able to 
tell whether the library contains the 
volume in quest or not. We have often 
noticed obtuse functiimaries of this sort 
in charge of larger libraries than that of 
our University. But, in Mrs. North, we 
have a librarian who recognizes her 
duty, and is always ready, in her pleas- 
ant way, to enlighten the most V)enightetl 
pilgrim on the road to information. For 
seven years in a similar capacity (1871-8) 
in the State Library at Des Moines, she 
came to her present office with an experi- 
ence which only such serWce can l)ring. 
Mrs. North was born in .\lexauder. 
New York, in 1841. Her parents were 
llev. M. N. and Mary K. Miles. Her 
preparatory studies were made in Peoria 
and at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. 
In 18.>S she entered the Jiniior class 
of the Ohio Female College, located near 
Cincinnati, and graduated in the follow- 
ing year. She was married at (teneseo, 
III., September 12th, 18«!.-., to Gorge ,T. 
North. Mr. North was (lovernor Stone's 
secretary, and located in Des Moines, as 
an attorney, in 18()'2. He died in 1870. 

Mrs. North was chosen University Li- 
brarian in 187il. The benefit the institu- 
tion receives by placing this trust in the 
hands of a competent person, not ham- 
pered by i>ther duties, is recognized by 
all interested. Conversant with the Latin 
and French languages, a college grad- 



HOLIDAY SOUYEyiR AXD AS y UAL. 



43 



uatef, and long associated with books, 
Mrs. North is just the one needed in her 
place; and the large and growing Li- 
brary now only needs an "endowment" 
to make it a leading one in the land. 



LITER ART SOCIETIES. 

[The following matter was omitted .-it its 
proper place, under the heading "Historical." 
for the reason that the names of tlie officers of 
the societies for the winter term of IHHi could 
not be obtained in time.] 

THE ZETAGATHIAN 

was founded in April, 1861. It adopted 
the motto "TV^i sine Uteris mors est," — 
"Life without learning is death." It 
held its first annual exhibition, June 
17th, 1863. Charles E. Borland was 
President, and George Griswold, Secre- 
tary. Addresses were delivered by T. S. 
Wright, O. M. Howe, K. O. Holmes and 
Charles E. Borland. The question for 
discussion was, "Are the examples of 
nature better calculated for the encour- 
agement of yotith than those of illus- 
trious men." K. O. Holmes spoke in the 
affirmative, and William W. Baldwin in 
the negative. 

Thirty-seven of its regular members 
were in the war, and two lost their lives 
and two were permanently disabled in 
the service of their cottntry. 

The officers for the winter term of 
1882 are, — President, William O. Payne; 
Vice-President, F. K. VanFossen; Re- 
cording Secretary, C. E. Bro\^'u ; Corres- 
ponding Secretary, George H. McCor- 
niick; Treasurer, L. S. Kennington ; 
Sergeants-at-Arms, Fred E. Pomeroy and 
S. A. McClure. 

THE EEODELPHIAJJ 

was organized October 6th, 1862, with 
forty-four members. Its members are 
distinguished as ordinary and honorary, 
the former class being composed of 
young ladies of the University, in good 
standing, and the latter of ladies distin- 
guished for their literary attainments 
and moral worth. The meetings are 
held alternate Saturday evenings, and 
the exercises consist of recitations, dis- 
cussions,] select reading, essays, and 

6 



verbal criticisms. Its motto is " Philos- 
ophy, Religion, and Liberty." 

The officers for the term, commencing 
January, 1882, are, — President, Carrie W. 
Hutchiuson ; Vice-President, Florence M. 
Hess; Secretary, Jennie E. Hanford; 
Treasurer, Imogene Mitchell; Corres- 
pondiug Secretary, Sarah M. Loring. 

THE HESPERIAN 

was organized in the latter part of the 
year 1863. Like the Erodelphian, it is 
composed of young ladies connected 
with the University. Its meetings are 
well attended, and its past history has 
been marked with uninterrupted pros- 
perity. Its motto is "Truth and Perse- 
verance." 

Officers for the term beginning Janu- 
ary, 1882, are, — Clara J. Kelly, President; 
Lide Cameron, Secretary; AUieue Hol- 
son, Treasurer. 

THE IRVING INSTITUTE. 

was founded January 26th, 1864. It was 
virtually a re-formation of the Cicero- 
nian, which existed at an earlier date. As 
before stated, it is also provided with a 
hall, the counterpart of that occupied by 
the Zetagathian, which, through the 
enterprise of its members and the contri- 
butions of its friends, has been hand- 
somely fitted up and decorated, and was 
formally dedicated February 9th, 1866, 
with appropriate ceremonies. It also 
ftirnished its quota of members for the 
army. Its progress in literary attain- 
ments is illustrative of its motto, "Ever 
onward, step by step." 

The officers elected for the winter 
term of 1882 are,— President, W. H. Sel- 
leck; Vice-President, Wm. C. Burton; 
Recording Secretary, Fred Ogle; Corres- 
ponding Secretary, Charles W. Haller; 
Treasurer, P. L. Johnson. 

LAW LITEEAKT SOCIETY. 

The society under the above name was 
organized in October, 1880, with J. M. 
Nevin as President; F. R. Willis as Vice- 
President ; Charles B. Elliott as Secre- 
tary; Fremont Benjamin as Treasurer; 
and H. H. Artz as Sergeant-at-Arms. 
The flr.st programme of exercises was pre- 
sented on the evening of October 27th, 



44 



IIOLIDAT SOUVENIR AND ANNUAL, 



188(), iu the Law Lecture Hall, central 

buililinff. About this time tlie society 
leased the Irviiij^' Hall for weekly meet- 
ings, since which all meetings of the 
society have been held there. 

At the opening of the fall term of 
1881 a new corps of officers was elected 
and the constitution of 1880 slightly 
changed. 

The officers elected were Samuel 
Mayue, President; C. L. Whitmire, Sec- 
retary; C. I. Crawford, Treasurer; W. H. 
Cotterell and J. L. Kennedy, Sergeants- 
at-Arms. The officers for the "ninter 
term, 1881, are Milton McClure. Presi- 
dent; William J.Martin, Vice-President; 
W. T. Wilcox, Secretary; William 
Hoersch, Treasurer; Samuel Miiyne and 
J. 15. Weaver, Sergeanis-at-Arms. 

This society is now permanently estab- 
lished, and is presenting weekly pro- 
grammes of excellence equal to any of 
the other literary societies of the Uni- 
versity. 



SKMOU 
AbraniH. Henry H. 
Hljinier, Faiinj- K. 
BlaHi.T. Hi-rlHTt K. 
Hrirkcr. CharW'S W. 
HroMii, i'luirles H. 
Burton. Williiim i', 
CnvanaKl). 'Julia 
ronndon. Jowph B. 
(Van.-. Will K. 
Crnvi-n. Arthur J. 
Daytcin. CharlcH H. 
Eutoti. A1<'1\ ille 
KlIiH. Ahlii.-S. 
Forney, Calvin H. 
French. Jaincn H. 
(lillfspii', ICninia \V. 
(iirtliT. Srtrlie 
Hi>l>aril, (iracf H. 
iUlniick. Clmrl.-sW. 
HfHf*. FloriMiri' M. 
Hitt-hcork. Thomas D. 
HutrhihHon. Carrif W. 
Kflly. t'hira.I. 
Un\i{. Alhrrt A. 
I-<'kIii', (oMir^f Ij. 
Lloyd. A.h.lai.lo('. 
McCrory, Carrie V. 
MorriHon. ItolHTt (i. 
Ncwronili. Fn-tl (), 
Payne. William (>. 
Predion. CharltN W. 
Ouiiilon. Kui^eni* S. 
H<*aman. Ilallerk W. 
Heiiililz. iJeortfe N.. Jr, 
Hellerk. William li. K. 
Bhei.f.T. William A. 
ShiiuL'k. Buhuuivl 



CLASS. 

Iowa Citi . 



Latlora. 

Durant. 

New York, Iowa. 

Iowa ri(y. 

Muf^on City. 
LnnruMler. Iiul. 
lowM City. 
Clinloii. 
Vinton. 
Ma^^halltown. 

Ortane. 

lowji City. 



Havenport. 

Iowa C'ily. 

N. Yarmouth, Me. 

Iowa City. 

Watkiuf. 

Iowa City, 

Princel<tn. 

Iowa City. 

M4>rnin»t Hun. 

Shell Hook, 

BtMine. 

Newton. 

Denmark. 

Clinton. 

Keokuk. 

Onawa City. 

Waverly. 

iowii City. 



LIST OF ATT/CXDINO .^riJfhWTS, 

[The foUowiuK li**! of attending students, in 
all depart tnentti of the Suite L'niverisitv, is com- 
plete to December 2nh, 18SI.] 

COLL/Cf.IATf: ItEPAfiTMKXT. 



Van Fo8»en. F'rank K, 
W^hipple, Onrn L. 
Wilkineon. Alice V. 
Younkin, L. Dow 

JUNIOR 
Baker. Willis N. 
Bremner. (ieorse H. 
Urt.wn. Charles R. 
Brown, Norrii* 
CamertMi. Lide A. 
Dol>Hon. William J. 
(iilbert, James 1. 
(irimni. Philip H. 
Haller. Charles W. 
Hailer. Frank L. 
Ham. Lucy K. 
Harris. Ih'nry C. 
Hosford. William 8. 
Howard. Stephen B. 
Hutchinson. Delia S. 
Jt.hnson, Wilis. 
Johnson. PleaKimt L. 
Leonard, Frank M. 
Lewis, Lydia H. 
Martin, William H. 
McAuley. Thomas B. 
McCall. KImerK. 
McCrory. Hortense G. 
Miller. kvaB. 
Montague. Richard W. 
Morgan, Charles D- 
Morton, Henry K. 
Mount. James R. 
Newman, Thomas G. 
OK'le. Fred 
Richman. Irving B- 
Russell. Charles W. 
Selhy. Mimi B. 
SenceUauirh. Isidor 
Sever. Preston L. 
Shephenl. William T. 
Thoni|>son, James. Jr. 
Walker. Walter M. 
Wi'ld, La^nas (t. 
W%*siover. .Myron F^. 
Wheatou, M. (iertnide 



Adel. 
Crouton. 
Atahssn. 
Riverside. 

CLASS. 

I?elle Plaine. 

Marshallttiwn. 

Iiiwa City. 

Jefferson. 

Shells)mr«. 

F'ulstow. KnKlnud. 

RurlinKton. 

Iowa City. 

Davenport. 

Durant. 

Iowa City. 

Earlville. 

Daven|M»rt. 

Charles City. 

Iowa City. 

L«M>n. 

Centerville, 

Iowa City. 

Davenport. 
Oscettla. 
Winterswt. 
Iowa City. 

Mafon City. 

F'ort Do<lKe. 

Haverhill, Mase. 

Panora. 

Burlington. 

Maren^^o, 

M\ipcaline. 

(ilenwood. 

Centerville. 

Rossville. 

Cam1>ridire. III. 

Iowa City. 

Davenport. 

Altfoiia. 

<'resco. 

Vinton. 

Toleilo. 



SOPHOMORE 
Andn'ws. Belle R. 
Chrischilles, Julius T. 
Clapp. Flora J. 
(Marke. Charlen H., Jr. 
Cochrane. Hattie 
Cotton. Alonzo A. 
Custer, Nellie (>. 
(ieorp*. William 
(iilhert. Samuel P. 
(iillis. Constant L. 
(forlon. Sarah L. 
(irecr, May F. 
Ham. Klla M. 
HanTord, Jennie E. 
Hill, Klla 

Hntlman. <Je<tri<e W. 
Hunter, Ktta M. 
Hunt4T. Linnie 
Hyshaiu. Thomas J. 
Johnson. Klliert L. 
John>«lon. D. Frank 
Kelho, Walter C. 
Ki'iininKton. Lawrence 8. 
Koch, (iustavuN H. 
Lake. Rush t . 
l^anison, Herbert G. 
McAihran, Charles K. 
McClond, Lincoln 
McComiick. <ieor»?o H. 
McDowell, Jos. I. 
McKlin, Jamet* 
Meas*'. Frank L. 
Merry. K.Hih A. 
>|ontn, KUIon 
Morgan, Kdwanl W. 
Mozit>r, Harry P. 
Pierce, .\lthie A. 
Pierce. Klla R. 
Reed, Samuel B. 



CLASS. 

Iowa City, 

Alcona. 

LrtH- Center, IU. 

Independence. 

Iowa City. 



Aurora, III. 
Burliuk'ton. 
Iowa City. 



Vinton. 
De Soto. 
Bloomtiold. 
Oasis. 

R.HlOak. 

Waterl.H.. 

Hampton. 

Bellevue, 

Newton. 

DaveniHirt. 

Lulependence. 

Heetown. Wie. 

nioonitield. 

Bedford. 

Atlantic. 

Indianola. 

Amimosa. 

Vinton. 

Iowa City, 

Eldora. 

Fort Dodge. 

Iowa City. 

Dywirt, 

Cedar Fulls. 



HOLIDAY SOUVENIB AND ANNUAL. 



45 



Rynearson. Cora 
Shepfer. Ella (\ 
Smith. Frank B. 
Thaver, Charles E. 
Tuck, John A. 
Vandyke, Jampa A. 
Walker, Will F. 
Wiekham, Charles E. 
Williams, Robert E. 
Wirick. Cassius M. 
Wyatt, Grant 

FRESHMAN 

Allen, Harry D. 
Anderson. Joseph T. 
Armstrong, James T. 
Armstrong, Mrs. J. T. 
Atkinson, Frank 
Barnum, John K. 
liUishtield. DeWitt C. 
Buerckle. Otto 
Clark, Harry W. 
Conroy. Edward M. 
Craven. Roger C. 
I'rump, Nadie 
Custer. Paul W. 
Day, Frank E. 
Dickey. Addie 
Dodson, William F. 
Donnan. Donahl D. 
Drew, Francis ti. 
Ksehweiler, Franz C. 
l^'reeman. Joseph J. 
(rale. Absalom H. 
♦Girtier, Elmer E. 
(ireene. Robert A. 
Hass. Fred, Jr. 
Helmick, Samuel L. 
Herren, Fred C. 
Hmrichs, Anna C. A. 
Hisey, Joseph (.'. 
Hobart, Alvah C. 
Uolson, Alliene 
Hostetler. Bruno O. 
Hull, Lizzie 
Johnson, Carrie 
Kelso, William 
Keplinger, Thomas B. 
Lathrop. Minnie 
Lewis. Lillian 
Little, Harry M. 
Loring. Sarah M. 
Lovell, Verner R. 
Lowden, Frank O. 
Marquaidl. C, Grant 
:\lcBride. William D, 
McChire, Samuel A. 
McMeekin. William 
Miller, Lucy 
IMiller, Reverdy J. 
Monlux. Hal H. 
Moser. U. Grant 
Mount. Edward R. 
Murphy, Timothy A. 
Myers, Nora A. 
Park, William L. 
Pomeroy, Carl H. 
Pomeroy, Fred E. 
Powell, Charles L. 
Rees, liugh 
Regan, Patrick J. 
Robinson, Frank B. 
Ross. Anna Z. 
Rynearson, Minnie 
Sayre, Antlrew J. 
Schlatter, George M. 
Shaffer, George W. 

Skiff, R ' F. 

Smalley, Ettie M. 
Smith, Chauncey P. 
Sutherland. Donald G. 
Tantlinger. D. Vern 
Terry, Douglas 
Van Leeuwen. John 
Vincent. Charles 
Vincent, Edward F. 



Red Oak. 

Waverly. 
Keokuk. 
Waterloo. 

Farm in gt on. 
Tama City. 
Algona. 
Iowa City. 

Tipton. 
Rockford, Mo. 

CLASS. 
Waterloo. 
Richmond. 
Washington. 

Bedford. 
Emerson . 
Gil man. 
Iowa City. 

South Amana. 
College Hill, Ind. 
Manchester, Mo. 
Iowa City. 
Cedar Rapids. 
Iowa City. 
Sliickshinny, Pa. 
Independence. 
Greene. 

Houghton, Mich. 
Iowa City. 
Mason City, 
Iowa City. 
Cedar Rapids. 
Rock Ishmd, 111. 
DaviMiiinrt. 
Markshurg. 
Iowa City. 
Toledo. 
Cherokee. 
Iowa City. 
Waverly. 
Iowa City. 

Springdale. 

Bellevne. 

Hopkins, Mo. 

Iowa City. 

West Liberty. 

Prairie City. 

Lemars. 

Garner. 

Hubbard. 

Iowa City. 

Princeton. 

KnoxviUe. 

Coal Valley. 111. 

Morse Station. 

Mason City. 

Monroe. 

Bedford. 

Mount Ayr. 

Davenjjort. 

Iowa City. 

Grand Junction. 

Des Moines. 

Red Oak. 

Panora. 

Iowa City. 



Red Oak. 

Osceola. 

Bellevue. 

Tipton. 

Iowa Falls. 

Muscatine. 

Marshalltown. 

Clarinda. 

Iowa City. 

Wilton. 

Gorredvk, Holland 

Tabor. 

Mason City. 



Whipple, Oscar Y. 
Whitt', Me-lora A. 
Wilrox. Charles W. 
Wittum. George F. 
Xanten, Albert A. 



Crest on. 
Iowa City. 
Hampton. 
Iowa City. 



IRREGULAR STUDENTS. 

What Cheer. 
I()wa City. 



Bixhy, May 
C^pra, Albert 
Dietz, John C. 
Fellows. Anna J. 
Fletcher, Mary E. 
Flickinger. Martha L. 
Goodwin, Lutie 
Grusscup. Jessie 
Harwood, William S. 
Hatch. Agnes L. 
Hess. N. Lizzie 
Long. Laura C. 
Love. Ht'ury K. 
MilchiU. Iiiiogene 
I\I<.nh)ff- Carrie E. 
Paine, May 
Ross, Charles E. 
Sanders. E. Blanche 
Vtterboe, Halvar T. (A.B, 



Kvansville. Ind. 
l..wa City. 
Winthroi). 
Hrouse. 111. 
Maple fJrove. 
( 'harles City. 
Muscatine. 
Iowa City. 
Moline, 111. 
Keokuk. 
Maquoketa. 
Iowa City. 



Calmar. 



LAW DEPARTMENT. 



* Deceased, Dec. 2, lg8I. 



Agnew, Frank A. 
Akins, W. H. 
Allen, W. B. 
Allison, G. C. 
Anderson. Edgar 
Bell, R. D. 
Beem. J.C. 
Beiieiliof . Edmund 
BrcH.ks, J. W. 
Brown, A. F. 
Callender. L. B. 
Cardell, W. W. 
Chambers. David 
Claire, Harry 
Clayworth, Piercon 
Clyde. J.F. iA.M.) 
Cole, H. A. 
Cornish. E.J. I A.B.) 
Cotterell. W. H. 
Connolly. W. A, 
(.'oskery. Robert 
Coskery. J. S. 
Cowley, F. R. 
Cox, Argus 
Crawford. N. A. 
Crawford, C. S. 
Crawford, C. I. 
Crow. H. H. 
Curry. J. M. 
Curtis. C. H. 
Davenport, E. A. 
D.- Armond. W. W. 
Drc^-sl.T, llpnry 
Eurhart. W I. 
Emery, D. A. (A.B.)- 
Fassett. J. F. 
Fisher. E. E. 
Forbes. P. H. 
Forrest, W. F. 
Gibson, W. H. 
Giffin.W. D. tB.S.l 
Gillespie. S. S. (A.M.) 
Gjellum.E. F. (A.B.) 
Goetz, J. M. 
Gordon. George 
Griudeland, Andrew 
Hammell, M. A. lA.B.^ 
Hamstreet, O. D. 
Hansen, Hubert 
Harris, L. C. 
Hartshorn. C. Q. 
Hebard. F. S. 
Henyon. J. B. (B.Ph.) 
Hewitt. W. E. 
Hoerseh. William 
Hopkins, A. F. 
Howell, E. B. (B.S.) 
Humphreys, J. R. tB.S.) 



Stuart. 
Conden, 111. 
Waterloo. 
Grundy Center. 
Marshalltown. 
Ozark. Mo. 
Marentio. 
Trov Mills. 
Iowa City. 
Newton. 
Des Moines. 
Perry. 

Bushnell, 111. 
DaveniM>rt. 
Council Bluffs. 
St. Ausgar. 
Mt. Pleasant. 
Hamburg. 
Mineral Point. 
Colo. 
Des Moines. 

Creston. 

Keosauqua. 

Gilman. 

Vinton. 

Independence. 

Norwalk. 

Iowa City. 

Mt. Pulaski, 111. 

Marshalltown. 

Davenport. 

St. Cloud, Minn. 

Bioomtield. 

Ottumwa. 

Meshoppen, Pa. 

Kellogg. 

Cheyenne, Wy. T. 

Abingdon. 

Centerville. 

Columbus City. 

Iowa City, 

Utica, Wis. 

St. Cloud, Minn. 

Osage. 

Highlandville. 

Pella. 

Clear Lake. 

St. Cloud, Minn. 

Grinnell. 

Traer. 

Cheyenne, Wy. T. 

Newport. 

Marion. 

Davenport. 

Washinu'ton, Ohio. 

Cfiiterville. 

Drakeville. 



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46 


flOLIBAr SOUVENIJi AX J) AyyC'AL, 




Hunt. C. N. (B.Ph.> 


Iowa City. 

Hlonmtield. 


Armentroot, John C. 


Iowa City. 


Umil.r. F. W. 


Artz. Charles V. 


MarshalltowD. 


Irwin, f. A. 


L H-. 111. 


Hair. Williain M. 


Hut land. 


K^-l".'.v, K. D. 


Siibuln. 


Barney. Kivira S. 


Santers. 111. 


1 Keiini-lj. .1. L. 


(iaU'jiburff. 111. 


B.'ll. Jesw. F. 


HiM Oak. 


Kt-nnf<ly. \Vm. 


liiwa ("ily. 


UcU. Sjiniuel C. 


Attica. 


KiKiwli's. (i. F. 


I'aHtalin. 


UittinKer. William M. 


Osceola. Neb. 


Km'hnlc. C. F. (B.Ph.) 


Waterloo, 


Houtiu, Fnuu'is J. 


Hampton. 


Ij-inilxTt. F. A. 


Austin. Minn. 


Breed. Frt^derir L. 


.■Vinfiworth. 


i.utz, T. U. 


M'lrion. 


Hrothcrs, Howanl D. 


Malvern. 


Jlartin. \V. J. iR.A.i 


(ialeshurk'. 111. 


Chandler. Joseph E. 


Intlepeudence. 


1 .Maynr. Simui>l 


i»hio. Itl. 


Chatterton. Allen S. 


Onslow. 


MiCluriv Miltiin ili.S.l 


Carlinville. 111. 


Cliilson, Benjamin 


Sburou. Wis. 


MeCttnlocue. J. H. 


Hoi-kwell. 


Clark. George P. 


Newton. 


JUKI'S-. \V. U. 


I'. «iu Ciiicn, Wis. 


Cole. Laura M. 


Council HlufTs. 


MeNiTiiey. J. C. iB.S.i 


< "nil,.!;*. Springs. 


Cone. Jnred E. 


Coneville. 


Mctz. rheinlort' 


n.ivi-nport. 


Conley. Hiram E. 


Cannon Uiver Falls, 


MiTrill. K. S. 


\)<s Moinofl. 


Conniflf. Robert E. 


Sioux City. IMmu. 


Sloals. Lyman 


lli^lilantl. 


Cook. Franklin E. 


Olin. 


Moon. J. A. .n.Ph' 


Iowa ('ity. 


Corbus, Jnhn C, Jr. 


Mendotn, 111. 


N.-l«on. W. K. 


Oskaloosa. 


Coskery. Thomji« A. 


Des Moinos. 


Niles. J. 11. (H.A.I 


Alhany. N. Y. 


Crawford. J. Price 


Marion. 


Norris. W. A. 


Troy MilU. 


Cuminin>fs. Louin F. 


Sand SprinKfl. 


OTonnor. Frnncie 


Hichniond, Va- 


Cunnintfliam. Frank 


Iowa Center. 


O.-'buni, (i. W. 


Iowa rity. 


Dhuiiii. Ludwif? 


Minneap»dis, Minn. 


OSullivan. M. 


Hoik Island. 111. 


Daubney. Frank W. 


Decorah. 


Palmer. K. U. i A.B. i 


N. Brunswick, N.J. 


Deariiit;, William 11. 


Palmyra. 


Panvrtmrn. M. W. 


Fa.\eIU'. 


Deihorbe. So])hie E. 


Vinton. 


r.irish. K. B. 


Malvern. 


Densmore. David T. 


Clyde. 


I'ltfinian. T. D. 


Hnifli Cn^nk, 


De Pondrom. Theodore E. 


New Haven, Conn. 


l'.-|.T-..n. H. 8. (A.B.) 


Li>bon. III. 


Dodge, S. Wilson 


Beatrice. Neb. 


PliiUii-. H. W. 


Pliny. Kan. 


Downs. Kdwanl W. 


Clyde. 


l':.|..-i..y..J.H. 


Aldeu. 


East. John H. 


Elvira. 


I'oun.l. \V. H. 


Kt»anu'y. Neb. 


Ebnotlier. Charles L. 


Iowa City. 


l'..«.r>., 1,. M. 


Po^tviiU*. 


Eckley. William T. 


Lancaster. 


I'ritrhanl. K. (B.A.) 


|{pd Oak. 


Eldriilge. HeulH'n F. 


Blair. Neb. 


Putnaiii. 11. ('. 


Uavt-niiort. 


Emmet. John 


Nevada. 


Quarti.n. \V. K. 


Oskaloosa. 


Etzel, Adolph 


Iowa City. 


<)nint. A. V. 


Carroll. 


Everhart. Uobert E. 


Wheatland. 


U"ed, W. T.I A.B. 1 


Iowa ("ity. 


Fairgrieve. Ge<irge W. 


London, England. 


Bi-i-il. U. H. 


Clarion. 


Fisher, Oliver 
Frear. Edwin D. 


Oto. 


lUiv.-. 11. n. 


Hampton. 


Sloan. 


R-Lvi".. C. P.iB.S.1 


Osjiuc 


Furst. Oliver J. 


Wilton. 


Iflioails, li. ('. 


Plainvii'W, 111. 


(Janlner. Jairus B. 


Low Point, 111. 


UobiTtson. Orrin 


McKinn**y, Tex. 


(Tas..*er. ilernian 


Dubmiue. 


Ho.^e. P. IJ. 


J»'fft»r>*on. 


C.ilchri-si. William T. 


Wauktm. 


Bo^ehcrry, F. M. 


Princeton. N. J. 


Cioetz. William L. 


Iowa City. 


Si'christ. .\limzu 


loka. 


(iray. Aubrey (J. 


Durant. 


Shay. J.. I. 


Neola, 


Uraham. Churlea C. 


Shneyvillo. 


SimkiiiK. J. U. (B.S.i 


FallHburg, Ohio. 


(ireen, John E. 


lN>stville. 


8imi>*-i»i. J. A. 


Zuinirle. 


Gruwell. Mary W. 


Bepublican City, 


Bmith. A. A. 


(ialesburff. III. 


Guthrie, .Jamet!) K. 


SantlSprings. [Neb. 


Smidi, KriMliTick 


Norwalk, Conn. 


Harp. John F. 


Otley. 


Smith. UohiTt 


Nevada. 


Haskell. (ieorgeE. 


Ce<hir Bapids. 


Smith. 0. F. 


(iranviile. 


Hatiiehl. Isimc N. 


Ossian. Ind. 


Smith. .)..!. 


l)e^ Moines. 


Hill. Allen T. 


Magnolia. 


Siiarkx. \V. K. 




Hill. Ilirhard W. 


Davenport. 


Stanwooil, L. A. (M.A.) 


Hrunswick. Mo. 


Hoff. Amos W. 


Dallas Center. 


StiriM. L. F. 


Quakt-rlown. N.J. 


Howison. Norman L, 


Menomonee, Wie. 


Hwift. H. B. 


< liarK's Cilv. 


Hutchinson. James A. 


.\xline. 


Tiinqui-rry. N. Q. 


S^'arland. 111. 


Ingli**. (ieorgi* 


Hale Village. 


Taylor, f. IJ. iB.8.1 


\\ fst !.,ibiTty. 


Irish, Harrv 
Johnson. Matthias 


Kellogg. 


Terry. W. M. 


Clarinda. 


MazeppiL< Minn. 
Argand. 


Thomiwim. J. fj. 


Treinont. 


J4d)nsfm. William 


Torrison.O. .M.cA.B.) 


IVlanilowoc, Win. 


Keho. James 


Amboy. 111. 


Traxl.T. ( . J. 


Ml. Plfa^nl. 


Kenne<ly. Wnrron 


Washington. 


Trni'^ilali-. H.C. (A.B.I 


Hock Miind. 111. 


Kime, John W. 


Dunlap. 


Tnnni'l.W. H. (I).8.) 


Plainvii'W. 111. 


Knapp. AngelinoE. 


Anamofta. 


Vanhosi-n. C. N. 


St. Charlew. 


Landon. Oren M. 


Lime S|>riilge. 


Wi-avrr. J. B. 


HlooiiiHeld. 


Ijeech. Josiah L, 


Iowa City. 


Wi'liHliT. SylrnnuB 
Wiviovir. M. E. 


Inwa City. 


Leith, Alexander R. 


Muscatine. 


Vinton. 


Litlic, Lawrence W. 
Lloyd. Joniah C. 


Davenport. 


Whiti'. .1. A. 


Kos/Ia, 


DtM-alur. 


Wiiiliiiiri'. ('. L. 


Malaniom. 111. 


l.HinK. Francis A. 


West Point. Neb. 


Wiik". .1. L. iB.Ph.^ 


l>aVfn]M(rt. 


liong, Lemuel L. 


(>rion. 111. 


\Viliox.\V.T.( H.S.I 


M«.<KO|Mitaniia, <X 


Ijjon, May E. 
Marner, (iideon P. 


Newton. 


Winti'ri'r. IliTinan 


li 'Hnfur. Minn. 


Sharon Center. 


Winl.'niMiti-, .J. A 


Iowa ('ity. 


Marotz, FnNlerick W, 


Iowa City. 


Woltl. \V. T. 


Ma<|Uokrta. 


Martin, Thomas F. 


Earlville. 


Wooititril. Marion 


Dt'catur City. 


Mason, Thomas J. 


(Minton. 


Voiinu. 11. \V. 


MiuneapoliK, Minn 


Mastersoii. Jiilm B. 


Marshidltown. 


. — 




McCaleb. Elbri«8. 


Morse. 






McCnnon. Frank W. 


(Jreeley, 


.VKDlfAL DEP.ili TXEXT. 


McCarthy. James F. 


Dubuque. 






McGralh. John 


Marslialltown, 


Ally. F.tnmi'tt 


Wwt LiU'rty. • 


McKey. Thomas F. 


Eau Clain', Wis. 


Ainhli'r. Sjinnii'l B. 


HunincHHburK, Ohio. 


McOmber. Charles 8. 


Ann Arbor, Mich, 


AnilerMin, Allwrt P. 


LeIiiKh. 


Moon. Arnold C 


I«»wa City. 
Council Bluffs. 


Arvrntcbii-lil. Ktlwin M. 


Watertown, III. 


Moorboiul. Samuel W. 


1 



Morell. Wilbur N. 
Morgan, Daniel C. 
Morgan. James W. 
Morrison. David A. 
Murphey. Mahlon D. 
Osborn, Moses (.". 
Overfield, Joseph W. 
Padgham, George \V. 
Pangburn, Sarah A. 
Parker, William H. 
Patterson. Leonidas S. 
Paul, Charles S. 
Phillips, Norman W. 
Philputl. Charles H. 
Poland, George 
Powers. Henry A. 
Kagin, William E. 
Randolph. Albert F. 
Rankin, Hezekiah J. 
Kecords, Thomas E, 
Reynolds, Lawrence 
Hitter, John M. 
Robinson, Harry E. 
Rogers, Arthur (\ 
Ruth, Charles E. 
Saunders. Charles J. 
Srhumaelier, Henry 
SilsJiy, Newton 
Singleton, ( 'ynthia E. 
Sherlock, Patrick 
Skiff. Mason J. 
Smith, Frank H. 
Smith, Story B. 
Smith. Samuel L.. 
Steen, Henry E. 
Talboy, James H. 
Thomas, Joseph B. 
Thomas, Levi j\L 
Thompson, David G. 
Thompson, Frank 
Todd, Charles E. 
Trumbull, Ira F. 
Tyler, Edward K. 
Tyler, John D. 
Walker. Samuel A. 
Wallace, Job S. 
Walter, Augustus F. 
Walter, Fred H. 
Warnock, Frank B. 
Waynick. Joseph B, 
Whetstine. Emery 
White, Milton W. 
Williams, Hadwen 
Williams, Henry S. 
W'right. Isaac W. 
Zimbeck, Reuben D. 



Cannon River Falls, 

Centerville. [Minn. 

Columbus City. 

Norway. 

Cortland. N. Y. 

Wilton. 

Brookly. 111. 

Inland. 

Fayette. 

Earlville. 

Ninevah, Pa. 

Onslow. 

Clear Lake. 

New London. 

Iowa City. 

Independence. 

Lancaster. 

Koszta. 

Windham. 

Iowa City. 

Atlantic. 

Iowa City. 

Mt. Pleasant. 

Glenwood Mills. 

Iowa City. 

Moline, 111. 

Little Sioux. 

Vinton. 

Lancaster. 

Kieeville. 

Frank Pierce. 

Clinton. 

Cincinnatus, N. Y. 

Davenport. 

Palmyra. 

NfWton. 

Peabody, Kan. 

Haven. 

Iowa Center. 

Harper. 

Adair. 

Muscatine. 

New Haven, Conn. 

Lancaster. 

Washington. 

Cladbrook. 

Aledo, 111. 

Battlecreek. 

Chariton. 

Iowa City. 

Koszta. 

Springville. 

Charles City. 

Iowa City. 

Sharon. Wis. 



HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICAL DEPART- 
MENT. 



AUard, L. 
Aplin, W. H. 
Arp, A. H. 
Bailev. M. E. 
Bak.-r L. G. 
Berber. W. H. . 
Bavles, Wra. C. 
BhU. Samuel T. 
BUnigh. p:dward W. 
Brumback. N. N. 
Clark, T. A. 
Cole, B. A. 
Cross, A. M. 
Downs, J. M. 
Dunn, R. H. 
Field. Mary P. 
Gleason, Flora S. 
Golden, l\Irs. Hannah C. 
Gray, J. H. 
Greves. J. T. 
Hartmann, Ossian W. 
Hoot, Jerome W. 
Hough, E. 0. 
Hughes, Edward B. 
HuUhorst. F. 
Hullhorst, C. G. A. 
Irwin, Wm. 



Soldier City, Kan. 

Galesburg. 

Moline, 111. 

Mt. Union, Ohio. 

Williamsport, Pa. 

Hamburg. 

Cotton Grove. 

Albia. 

Waterloo. 

Jacksontown, O. 

Iowa City. 

Woodstock, Wis. 

Iowa City. 

Canton, 111. 

Mt. Ayr, 

Anamosa. 

Waterloo. 

Vinton. 

Loran, lU. 

Keokuk. 

Nourenburg, Bavaria 

Mari(»n. 

Newton. 

Williamsburg. 

Clear Creek, Neb. 

Columljus, Neb. 

Intlianola. 



Knight, F. W. 
Lanning, t^. 
Marr. Harvey E. 
Miller, J. E. 
Poulson. H. J. 
Peery. Mrs. E. H. 
Peery, Miss B. E. 
Print V, Jas. A. 
Pyle, Chas. W. 
Seeley. W. A. 
Snyder. B. S. 
Speicher. John G. 
Spencer, Mrs. Hulda 
Stephens, Frank E. 
Tavlor, E. A. 
Tiffany. J. W. 
Waggoner. Mre. Nettie 
Winchell, Harvey K. 



Decorah. 

Corning. 
Ouawa City. 
Winterset. 
Council Bluffe. 
Trenton, Mo. 

Des Moines. 

Pittsburg. 

Nashville. 

Victor. 

Lester. 

Denver, Col. 

Magnolia. 

Iowa City. 

Vinton. 

Minonk, 111. 

Sheffield. 



CONCLUSION, 

ALVMXT, ETC. 

We bad intended publishing a com- 
plete list of all graduates of the State 
University; bnt, although a unniber of 
names were obtained, we have found it 
utterly impossible to insert, correctly, 
the list in this number of the Souvenir. 

As we intend issuing the work annu- 
ally hereafter, we now request all alumni 
of the institution to forward to tis, 

BEFORE JUNE, 1882, 
their names, post-office address, year of 
graduation, and occupation. A postal- 
card will contain all matter necessary, 
and, if arranged thus, will save the 
publishers much trouble: 

Allin, Richard H., Iowa City, Iowa. Book- 
seller and stationer and Treasurer of Alumni 
Association. Firm of Allin, Wilson & Co. Grad- 
uated 1K62 ; degree, B.D. 

Write Christian name and names of 
places plainly. 

The Souvenir's high standard of typo- 
graphic excellence will be maintained; 
and, in regard to University matters, it 
will aim to embody everything worthy 
of notice, — making it, for all interested, 
a most valuable book of reference. 

Historical and miscellaneous reading 
will continue, and earnest effort will be 
made, as in this number, to secure for 
the publication deserved appreciation 
and the patronage of our educational 
institutions. 



48 



If or J DAY SOi'VENIIl .1X1) .LXXCAL. 



A REVIEW OF EUROPEAN 
HISTORY IN 1881. 



BY CHARLES A. EOOERT. 




HE past year has to record but 
few very striking,' cliiin^ies, yet it 
was not lielk'ierit in events of 
consiJeralilc iinportanee. Tlie 
f <f^ ." most sitrnificaut events in our own 
/■,•. country, durinir this time, have 
1 . Iieen considered elsewhere; but it 
K is proper to refer here to tlie enor- 
moiis imniij;ration from Europe, which 
surpassed, by at least one hundred tlious- 
and, the very larire immi>;ration of the 
year before. Immifjration follows certain 
decrees of latitmle, in accordance with a 
well known law that makes people prefer 
a climate to wliich they are accustomed. 1 
We find, aceonlinirly. that En;;lish, Irish, 
Norwefrians, Swedes, Danes, and Ger- 
mans, as a rule, choose our northern j 
States, while French, Italians, and others 
from tlie south of Europe |)refer our ' 
southern or niitldlc States, — many tjoint,' i 
to South .\mcrica or Mexico for the same 
reasons. The lar;,'c imnii'fration frimi 
Great Hritaiii and Germany is, in a ^rreat 
measure, perhaps exclusively, due to the 
fact that the people of those countries 
have so many friends here who instruct 
them in the prosperous condition of our 
country. 

In the case of the French, we may no- 
tice in passinir that, their population 
beiiitr almost stationary, there is no such 
excess of population scckiii;; an outlet, as 
is the case of (Jrcat liritaiii and Ger- 
many. A. French economist has point^'d 
out "that the accumulation of wealth iu 
Fran-c is in a direct ratio to the very 
slow increase of her popnlation, while 
the inferior wealth of (termany is due to 
the fact that th(> nation increases more 
rapidly in numbers. In France parents 
lay up money; in Germany they s|)eud 
it on the education of their children." 
The industrial and iinancial progress in 
this Union must continue to exercise an 
ever-increasini; mtiucnceon the affairs of 
Europe, and it would bi' impossible to 
write a true history of either Europe or 
this country without constant reference 
to each. 

OUEAT nKITAiIN 

has continued iu a state of ureat uneas- 
ines.H, on aci'ount of the Irish question. 
The act of I'arliament that was expecteil 
to silence the complaints of the Irish 
renters, by >:ivinif to tlic latter rinlits and 
priyileifes possessed by no other class of 
citizens, either in Great liritain or the 
rest of the world, seems not to have met 



witti entire succese. There can be little 

doubt, however, that the far- reaching,' con- 
cessions made to the complainint; Irish 
will, in the end, be accepted by the lat- 
ter. Meanwhile the British novernment 
is compelled to make use of all those 
coercive and jirotective measures, which 
the British press is so fond of character- 
izint; as "despotic" in other countries. 
Great Britain is makin;; very pood pro- 
trress in follow! ^^' the lead of Germany 
in the matter of education. Compulsory 
common school education will soon 
chauije her population into one so far 
educated as to make another extension 
of the suiTrafre a necessity. At present 
not over one-half of the people of (ireat 
Britain are directly represented in Par- 
liament. Thanks to the peaceful instincts 
of the present liberal majority, the little 
republic of the Dutch peasants, or Boers, 
in the Transvaal, has been let alone, to 
settle its atFairs as it may think best. It 
had to accept the sovereijrnty of the 
Queen, however, and some other formal, 
rather than real, restrictiims. 

In her relations with India, Great 
Britain looks with a decided disfavor on 
the very sli;;ht duties the Indian govern- 
ment has placed on calicoes and some 
other manufactured j»oods, by means of 
which the poor Hindoo has been enabled 
to en>;ai;e to some extent in manufactur- 
ing industry, and thus to improve his 
condition. The British idea is that Enj;- 
land alone is to be the worksho|> of the 
world, and that it is unwise for any other 
country, most of all a dependent colony, 
to take measures that will secure to its 
people steady employment and that de- 
gree of prosperity which results from a 
proper use of the various facilities of a 
numerous jn'ople. It cannot be said 
that Great Britain, under the Gladstone 
ministry, exercises as much intltience on 
Euro|ican atl'.iirs .-is she diil when Lord 
Beaconstield managed her affairs. .\t 
present she is w.-itching with close atten- 
tion the movements of 

FRANCE, 

who has taken it into her head to annex 
the principality of Tunis. The Bey of 
Tunis has been forced to sign an agree- 
ment with the French (leneral, by which 
he surrenders the most essential of his 
rights as ;i sovereign, tlumgh retaining 
his nominal dignity. For Tunis nothing 
better could happen than its permanent 
occupancy by a strong European power. 
The annexation, pure and simple, is, 
however, not such an easy matter. The 
French theni.selves are divided as to it« 
usefuliK'ss, and many aiiniit that it would 
be an act of high-handed spoliation. 
This is also the view taken by Italy and 
Great Britain; mainly, however, because 



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49 



neither of these countries has been able 
to anticipate France. A coolness has 
consequently sprung up between Italy 
and France, and the former country is 
now looking with friendliness to her 
forraer mortal enemy, Austria. 

In the development of her interior 
policy, France is decidedly moving 
ahead. Gambetta, her leading states- 
man, is the favorite of the masses, and 
hence the soul of all national movements. 
He was recently called by the President 
to form a new cabinet, which, as now 
composed, leaves nothing to lie desired 
in part of ratlical tendency. The Minis- 
ter of Public Instruction, in European 
countries a very important personage, is 
Paul Bert, a scientific man of consider- 
able reputation, known for his inveterate 
hatred of "clericalism." Under his ad- 
ministration the influence of the clergy 
on schools will be reduced to the lowest 
attainable minimum. Gambetta recently 
visited Germany, and, according to the 
most trustworthy reports, spent two days 
with Prince Bismarck, at the latter's 
home in Varzin. The fact has to be 
carefully hidden in France, but there 
can be no douI>t that many of the leading 
politicians of France approve of the act. 
It is clear to them that France cannot 
safely proceed with her work in Tunis, 
unless Germany consents not to inter- 
fere. Prince Bismarck, the recognized 
head of European diplomacy, was, there- 
ore, the man to be consulted. Finan- 
cially and commercially, France never 
was more prosperous. She illustrates, 
with the United States, the wisdom of a 
persistent, judicious system of protection 
to the natural industry. Her exports are 
enormous, being in the neighborhood of 
nine hundred millions of dollars, and 
consist, for the most part, of articles that 
owe most of their value to human skill. 

GERMANY 

has lately profited by the example of 
America and France, modelling her 
economical policy after that pursued by 
these nations. Already the good effects 
of that policy are seen in an excess of her 
revenues over the estimates. Her wealth 
has largely increased, she is a close rival 
of France in many industries, ranking in 
some next to England and the United 
States (iron and steel), and in others 
rapidly advancing to a front rank. In 
the Paris exhibition of electrical appa- 
ratus and inventions, the Prussian flj-m 
of Siemens ct Halske received the largest 
number of the highest premiums and 
prizes. The policy of Germany is decid- 
edly peaceful, thcmgli she is keeping her- 
self in readiness for a possible war. She 
spends far less money on her army than 
either France or Great Britain, and far 



more on schools than either of these two 
countries, though later accounts may 
perhaps show that both these countries 
have recently come up very close to the 
German figures. Germany labors at 
present under the inconvenience of hav- 
ing for its practical head a man of the 
iron will and unbending energy of Prince 
Bismarck, whom she is bound, however, 
to regard with every feeling of genuine 
love and respect. Were Bismarck less 
endeared to the people, he would long 
since have been compelled to give way to 
a more pUable man. As it is, Germany is 
as yet so much divided in political fac- 
tions, — the radical repiiblicans and social- 
ists being at the one extreme, the ultra- 
montane catholics and secessionists on 
the other, — that it is simply impossible 
to introduce the English system of strict 
majority rule. The majorities in the 
German Parliament are constantly .shift- 
ing, being made up of various fragments. 
Under these circumstances, a man so 
popular as Bismarck is the only possible 
leader, and though he meets a powerful 
opposition, it cannot be saiti that he is 
not, in the main, a representative of the 
best interests and aspirations of the ma- 
jority of the people. Free Traders, Ul- 
tramoutanes and Socialists will dislike 
him ; but that does not prove that he is 
not the best man for the position. 

As regards her foreign policy. Germa- 
ny's only aim seems to be to convince all 
nations of her peaceful disposition. The 
recent meetings lietweeu the Emperor 
and the Czar, and the expected meeting 
between the latter and the Emperor of 
Austria, show the tendency of the policy 
most evidently pursued liy Prince Bis- 
marck. As long as these three countries 
are agreed, a disturbance of the Euro- 
l^ean peace is impossible. 

AUSTRIA 

has several rather serious problems on 
her hands. This country contains such 
a variety of poinilations, divided by race 
and language, as to make their success- 
ful management a serious undertaking. 
Austria has been divided ever since her 
signal defeat at the hands of Prussia, in 
186(5, into an eastern and a western ))or- 
tion: the former including Hungary and 
the Slavic provinces to the south; the 
latter, Austria proper, with Bohemia to 
the north, and several Slavic provinces 
to the south, — the almost Italian city of 
Triest being its most southern important 
point. In the eastern half the Hunga- 
rian language rules; in the western, the 
German is the language spoken by the 
relatively largest number. German is 
also the official language. This fact is 
not relished by the Bohemians of the 
Czech race, who constitute two-thirds of 



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HOLIDAY SOUVENIR .AND .INNirAL. 



the popnlation of Bohemia; hence there 
JH iliscorJ l>etween GiTiiiiiii miil Czecli. 
Again, the two halves have not, in all 
respeets, the same eommercial ami imlus- 
trial interests. These, ami other eauses, 
co-operate to jrive to Austria an appear- 
ance of instability. It seenie that sooner 
or later the diseorilant elements must 
tiy apart. Nevertheless, iis the condition 
of thin>;8 has lasted so Ion;,' already, and 
as it is evidently the interest, as it is the 
pronounced intention, o! Gerinany to 
preserve the iiite^'rity of .Vnstria, and as 
lately also Kussia, and, tinally, even 
Italy has opened cordial relations with 
lier, — there seems to he no reason to 
(loul)t that Austria will continue to exist, 
and to form an impoitant element in the 
political and industrial constitiitiou of 
Europe. 

IT.\I>Y 

feels deeply injured by the advance of 
France on Tunis, ami her occupation of 
that territory. In Tunis the Italian ele- 
ment is far more prevalent ainon^; the 
foreign population than either the 
French or the Spanish. Italy has long 
looked on Tunis as a country that must 
sooner or later become her dependency. 
Seeing no hope that an alliance with 
France will be of any benefit to her, she 
has approached .Vnstria and (rermany, 
npiiarently joining these countries in 
their determination to preserve the En- 
roi)ean peace. Tlie King of Italy and 
his (^ueen recently visited the .Viistrian 
im|>erial family, and it is ^jeneially un- 
derstood that this visit was inf<'mled to 
be an answer to the |)olicy of France in | 
Tunis. Italy is nmhmbti'dly making 
vigorous strides in industrial and com- 
mercial progress. The Pope occupies a 
peculiar position in Italian affairs, being 
the spiritual head of the majority of the 
people, to whom even tlie roy;il family, 
e8|)eci;illy the (^ui'cn, bows in absolute 
Hubmissioii : at tin- same time the Pope 
stands as a living and uncompromising 
protest against the Italian kimrilom. 
The former Pope, Pins IX., realized more 
keenly than the present one that I'rnssia 
was the real cause of the downfall of the 
Becular power of the Pope ; th.it Sadowa 
and Sedan decided the fate of the |>apa- 
cy, in so far as its political indepi'iidence 
was I'lmceriied. Hence, the implacable 
hatred with which he tried to hurt I'rus- 
Hta in lier illbrfs to reform (iiririany. 
The Italian kingdom, on the other hand, 
has not sulVered in tin- same degree from 
the enmity of the Pope, for the evident 
reason that the vast majority of Italians 
are at least nominally ilevout bc>lievers 
in the I'ope's spiritual sovereignty. 
There is a rising party in the larger 
cities which is very hustilu to the papacy 



and priestly anthority. Occasionally, as 
when the colTin containing the body of 
Pins IX. was removed from the Vatican 
for its final deposition in (me of the 
churches of I{<mie, this jiarty shows its 
enmity by improper disturbances. There 
are many ho])efnl signs that the Italians 
will vigorously enter on, or continue in, 
the road to rational jirogress, in spite of 
the peculiar diliiculties under which they 
yet labor. 

.SWITZERLAND 

enjoys peace and is jirosperons. This 
little republic has taken stringent meas- 
ures against the Jesuits and similar 
religions bodies, — a fact that should be 
noticed, as showing that even republics 
are distrustful of th<'se religious agen- 
cies. The completion of the great tunnel 
through Mount Saint (iothard is the 
most important event in Switzerland dur- 
ing the jiast year. This tunnel is several 
miles longer than Mount Cenis tunnel, 
hence the largest in the world, and was 
built by the help of (lermany, Switzer- 
land, and Italy. Many of the workmen 
have since removed to America, to help 
in constructing the ship canal undertak- 
en by Ferdinand ile Lesseps. 
The little kingdom of 

BELOIDM 

is prosperous in an eminent degree. It 
has recently suc<'eeded in electing a lib- 
eral majority,— the people being divided 
into i-l(rii;ih, devotees of the priests, 
and liberals. 

noLI/AND 

enjoys peace. Having finished her 
Acheen war, and bj'ing in secure pos- 
sessicm of her East Indian coh)nies, she 
is one of the rich<'st countries in Europe. 

NOUWAY AND SWEDEN 

rejoiced recently in the marriage of the 
crown ])rince of Sweden with the niece of 
Emperor William of (Jerniany. 

denmauk 
is (piiet and i)rosperous, dt)ing much for 
her schools and vying with thi' other 
Scandinavian countries in caring for the 
best interests of the peoide. 

OF SPAIN AND roKTfOAL 

little need be said, excejit that they enjoy 
jieaee, and that Spain, in particular, has 
maile no inconsiderable progress in man- 
ufacturing and commercial industry. 

A.S HEOAHOS UrssiA 

she is growing very rapidly in [lopulation 
and wealth. Her railroad system is 
becoming more and more extensive, and 
her manufactures become more numer- 
ous and mori' ellicient. Russia has al- 
most a monopoly of the central and east- 
ern Asiatic trade. She is maiutuiuiut^hcr 














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superiority iu Asia by the force of arms, 
resembliug, iu this respect, Great 
Britain, which also carries on military 
operations chiefly for the purpose of pro- 
tecting or exteuding her trade. Nihilism 
has not yet died out in Russia, probably 
never will, unless the government takes 
more efficient measures for universal 
education. The Russians are jealous of 
foreigners, especially the Germans, who, 
after all, have been their teachers. 
Lacking teachers of their own, and 
refusing to be taught by others, they 
continue in a very injurious ignorance, 
which is increased, rather than dimin- 
ished, liy the example and teaching of a 
numerous priesthood. Russia has not. 
yet o\itgrown the effects of serfdom. 
However, something has lieen done by 
educational and industrial efforts to bring 
about an improvement, and there is hope 
that this movement will spread and be- 
come faster in course of time. 

TUEKEY, 

so long threatened by the tremendous 
power of Russia, is now comparatively 
secure and quiet, though she was com- 
pelled, by the unanimous pressure of the 
great powers, to surrender to her little 
rival Greece a considerable portion of 
her territory in Epirus and Thessaly. By 
this means 

GKEECE 

has become enlarged by nearly a third 
in area and population, the latter being 
largely Greek in language and sympa- 
thy. This little country makes great 
efforts to educate her youth, schools 
having been erected in nearly every com- 
munity. Unfortunately the nation felt 
compelled to make military preparations 
on a scale far beyond its means, and the 
delits thus incurred will long weigh on 
its prosperity. 

SERVIA, MONTENEGKO, AND BULGARIA, 

former parts of Turkey, but since the 
Congress of Berlin, distinct states, are 
slowly organizing their capacities and 
resources. 

KOUMANIA, 

recently raised to the rank of an inde- 
pendent kingdom, is prosperous and 
happy under the rule of jjrince of the 
house of Hohenzollern. 

The immense importance of the Con- 
gress of Berlin appears chiefly in the 
existence of the just mentioned little 
states as independent countries situated 
between Russia and Turkey. A direct 
attack of Russia on European Turkey 
will be henceforth impossible, and this 
is by far the best guarantee for a durable 
peace. 

Europe, though not much larger than 
the United States, contains nearly seven 



times as many inhabitants. In the 
course of time it will be impossible for 
Europe to retain even as large a propor- 
tion of her annual increase in population 
as she has done to tliis day. It is but 
natural that her surplus population will 
emigrate to that country which offers the 
best chances for making a living. People 
come to us when we are prosperous, 
hence the importance of sound states- 
manship, that we may secure to our 
people a continuation of the present era 
of prosperity. 




X 



ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS. 

A Delineation of tluise ichich our City coii- 
tnins — Short Accounts of their "Strug- 
!/U'S and Triumphs" — Biographical Notex 
(f Present Proprietors and Principah — 
Portraits of Prominent Teachers — Inter- 
esting Statistics and other Valuable 
Matter never before Collated. 

Schoolmasters will I keep, . . . 
Fit to instruct our youth. To cunning' men 
I will be kind; and liberal 
To mine own children in t^ood Ijrinsing up. 
—Shakespnure. 

jHEN the navigator ventures 
on a strange sea, he provides 
-u. himself with a compass and 
maps and charts, and all facil- 
ties for a successful voyage at 
"\y his command: and though the waves 
T run "mountain high," if his craft 
K be worthy, he rests secure in the 
) knowledge that the vessel is, at least, 
(, under safe guidance. How different 
it often is with those who embark upon 
the " sea of knowledge !" A false guide, 
an inexpert steersman, many a time 
wrecks a life that might have been full 
of usefulness. True education begins at 
the cradle, and, till the grave hides this 
"tenement of clay," each year should 
count rich fruits that have Ijeen har- 
vested. 

In this connection we mention our 
city's system of education; for here may 
be enjoyed all those intellectual and 
social advantages which aid the develop- 
ment of the young and ambitious minds 
of our growing State and progressive 
nation. Some information in regard to 
the academies and schools of Iowa City 
has been arranged as follows : 



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IOWA CITY ACADE-Vy. 

A wise writer has told us that the 
children "coucern ua more than many 
guests to come;" and if they be not hred 
to some usofnl art, or do not receive the 
moral and intellectual training which 
our nation well affords, they become 
"mere lumber, and are worse than dead." 
Althoujrh some exceptions may be made 
to this, we cannot deny its wisdom; and 
as all are not born to "make" themselres 
exclusively, it is fit that, in seekinj; an 
education for ourselves or for others, we 
choose schools which offer instruction 
in its highest standard, not encumbered 
with false methods and superficial gloss, 
or "advantages" glaringly set out and 
not substantiated by fact. Amos and 
Harmon H. Hiatt. the i)rcsi'nt principals 
and proprietors of the Iowa City Acad- 
emy, purchased the school .January 1st, 
1878. The number of pupils enrolled 
during this year was 150. With Miss 
Jennie Shrader as a.ssociate, the first 
term, under their charge, began Septem- 
ber 15th of the same year. 

The instructors of tlie Academy, wheu 
founded, were William McClain, Super- 
intendent, with .1. C. Miithews, A. II, and 
Samantha C. Hloor, B.l)., graduates of 
the S. U. I., as assistants. It was Prof. 
McClain's ill health, and subsequent 
death, that necessitated a change of pro- 
jirietors. The Academy, when under his 
care, occupied IMarkct Hall, on the cor- 
ner of Iowa avenue ami l)iil)Uiiue street; 
but, upon accession of tlie present pro- 
prietors, was moved to its present hica- 
tion, at the corner of Clinton and Jeffer- 
son streets. The departments of the 
Academy, when organized, consisted of 
Normal and Business courses, and a 
Preparatory course to the second year 
sub-Fresliman class of the University. 
Our readers will note, in this article, the 
many valuable adilitions to studies anl 
apparatus which have been made by tlie 
Hiatt Brothers. The following list <if 
the instructors of the Academy, has 
grown so familiar to students and citi- 
zens, that it is only necessary to repeat 
it in this form that comparison with 
schools of similar purpose may be made: 



Asros Hiatt, A.M., 
H. H. Hiatt, A.M., B.D., 

Prur>ri»*l<»n< aiul Principals. 

Prof. Geo. E. Whitmobe, 

Prof. H. J. CoziNE, 

InstructofB in Instrumontul and Vocal MubIc. 

Prof. F. R. Williams, 

Instructor in Ponmunship and Book-koepinK* 

Prof. F. M. Knight, 
Instructor in Elocutiim and Voice Culture. 

J. C. Abmentroct, 

Instructor in Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene. 

Miss Lor Mordoff, 

Instructress in ticrnian. 

Miss S. F. LoroHRiDOE, 

Instructress in Latin. 

Mattie S. Hiatt, 

Assistant in Mathematics. 

William E. Crane, 

Teacher of Drawing. 

Comprising, as it does now. University 
Preparatory, a Normal, and a Business 
course, a department of Elocution and 
Oratory, with access to our Conservatory 
of Music and School of Art, it leads all 
other schools of the kind in the State. 
And, with ample and well-lighted rooms, 
all kinds of apparatus for illustration of 
the text-books, excellent cabinets of fos- 
sils and minerals, maps, charts, globes, 
microscopes, skeletons, and crery accom- 
modation that can be devised for the 
comfort and convenience of its pupils, we 
we do not see what other inducement the 
zealous proprietors and instructors could 
hold out to our youth, or to parents 
desirous of placing their children where 
(if the children possess any ipialiflca- 
tions whatever) all their latent faculties 
will be sustained and developed. Here 
the shortest road to the great highway 
of learning is made smooth and plain, 
and though there is no "royal" route, "he 
who wills" may be sure that the steps 
further on are all the more easily taken 
when right preparation has been made. 

The number of pupils graduated from 
the Academy in ISTi) was I'J; in ISHO.Si; 
and in IHSl, with 415 students enrolled, 
51. The growth of the Aeiidi'iny the past 
year exceeds that of any former year. 



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Located in the same city with the State 
University, its students may become ac- 
quainted with the work to be done in 
that institution. For interesting testi- 
monials from the University faculties, 
citizens, and graduates of the school, we 
refer our readers to the advertisement of 
the school elsewhere in these pages. 
Lest some presuming individual should 
question our motive, we here state, that, 
for this, as well as for all other notices 
of city schools and academies, we receive 
no compensation whatever; our only 
reasons for so doing being the pride that 
we take in them as leading educational 
institutions, and that others may become 
better acquainted with their many ad- 
vantages. 

The Academy is a representative school, 
and any announcement of its acquisi- 
tions made by the proprietors can be 
relied upon as strictly true. With a 
corps of experienced teachers, many of 
them graduates of the State University, 
the work of the various departments is 
conducted with a unison that is not seen 
in any other school of the kind west of 
the Mississippi. 

The Normal Department especially 
provides for those who wish to prepare 
for common and high school work. 
Many graduates of this department hold 
responsible positions in the graded 
schools of the State. 

The Business course includes those 
studies which are so important in a busi- 
ness life, a thorough drill in book-keeping 
and penmanship being the most marked 
features. 

The department of Elocution and 
Oratory, under the direction of Professor 
P. M. Knight, a graduate of the National 
School of Elocution and Oratory of Phil- 
adelphia, is noted for its commendable 
efforts. 

The Conservatory of Music, in which 
Academy students with a love for that 
"language of the soul" may receive 
instruction, is fully described elsewhere. 

An excellent literary society is con- 
ducted by the students, and the meetings 
are free to all. 

The advantages of the Academy, here 



briefly noted, are even better appreciated 
when one knows its instructors. For 
the benefit of its many friends, and those 
who may desire to become acquainted 
with the school or its teachers, we make 
the following brief biographical men- 
tion: 

Amos Hiatt, A.M., 
Senior Proprietor and Prlnripal. 

[Portrait, Page 52.] 

Amos Hiatt was born in Highland 
county, Ohio, November 23d, 1843. He 
came to Iowa in the fall of 1^57, and, in 
1862, enlisted at Oskaloosa in Company 
D, 33d Iowa Infantry. In ISIU he was 
made Lieutenant of the company, and 
during that year had command, being 
the only officer with the company. That 
he did his country " some service " is cer- 
tain, for he was in the Yazoo expedition 
during the Vicksburg campaign, at the 
battle of Helena, and in General Steele's 
corps during the Ked Biver expedition. 
He was in the battle of Saline River, 
where General S. A. Rice was mortally 
wounded, and was with General Canby's 
forces at the capture of Mobile, as well 
as in other engagements. He was a sol- 
dier until the end of the war. 

Mr. Hiatt came to Iowa City in 1866, 
and soon after entered the State Univer- 
sity, graduating therefrom in 1870. In 
1872-3 he was principal of the schools in 
Brooklyn in Poweshiek county ; in 1874-5 
was Superintendent of the schools of 
Johnson county ; and, in 1876-7 was Su- 
perintendent of the public schools of 
Anamosa, Jones county. 

After his graduation from the Univer- 
sity, Mr. Hiatt taught mathematics two 
terms in that institutiou. He was mar- 
ried to Mi.ss El ma A. Sanders, of Iowa 
City, August 18th, 1870. Mr. Hiatt was 
a member of the Quaker church until 
1870, when he united with the Methodist 
church, at Iowa City. His life has been 
a useful one, and much of the honor and 
dignity of the Academy is due to his 
untiring, painstaking efforts. 

Harmon H. Hiatt, A.M., B.D., 

Junior Propritftor and Principal. 

[Portrait, Page .i2.] 

H. H. Hiatt was born in Highland 



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county, Obio, on the 16th day of Angrust, 
1846. His early life, like his lirother's, 
was sjient ou the farm, and the means 
for preparatory stmly, as well as college 
training, were (gained by tilling the soil, 
and "working around" where employ- 
ment cmdd be had. In 1869 he came to 
Iowa City, and entered the University in 
September of that year, taking bdth 
classical and normal courses. He gradu- 
ated in IST.^, but pre\Hous tti this, 1873-1, 
was principal of the schnols in Carroll 
City. He was also principal of Spring- 
dale Seminary from 1875 to 1878, when 
he resigned to take his place in the 
Academy. Mr. Hiatt has been engaged 
in Normal Institute work for several 
years, and has met success in every 
position he has held. 

He was married to Miss Edith Brown, 
at Iowa City, in February, 1876. It is 
unnecessary to add a word of praise, — 
Mr. Hiatt is so well known as a teacher 
that such comment has become common. 
It is but justice, howi^ver, to say that the 
Hiatt Brothers bring into their work a 
rich experience and all those deep con- 
victions of integrity and temperance for 
which the Quakers, their ancestors, are 
distinguished. 

Sarah F. Louohhidoe, 

Insfntctrfus tn Ltitin. 

Miss Loughridge took a thorough 
course in Ancient Languages at Mon- 
mouth (111.) College, and, afterward, in 
1870, graduated from the Normal and 
Training School of t)swego, N. Y. In 
1871 she was engaged as teacher in the 
Normal Department of the State Uni- 
versity, and she held the position until 
the chair of Didactics was established. 
In Wi'6 she was elected Superintendent 
of the Iowa City schools. In 1875 she 
was again called to the University, and 
taught Latin there until 1881, when slie 
was engaged by the .\cademy for the 
same purpose. Her work is highly 
recommended by the faculties of the 
University, and her h)ng experience in 
preparing students for that institution 
especially fita her for the place that she 
now holds. 



Miss Lou M^ooff, 

Imttruftrntu in Gtnnan. 

Miss Mordoff was for a long time 
under the instruction of Professor 
Eggert, of the University, — a German 
scholar, whose extensive reading of the 
language in its original purity sutlicient- 
ly recommends her, an apt and studious 
pupil while under his care. 

She was first employed in the Acad- 
emy when founded, and with exception 
of two years, has ever since held a posi- 
tion therein. It may sound emphatic, 
but as a practical teacher of German, we 
assert that Miss Mordoff has few equals; 
and no superiors in the State, oiitside of 
the University. 

John C. Akmentbott, 

Imtrucloriii ami I.feliirtr on Anatomy, Phy». 
iotoijij, and Uyyitnt. 

Mr. ArmentroTit began teaching in the 
Academy in 1876, and, by close and sys- 
tematic application to duties and stud- 
ies, has gained a higli jdacc as a special- 
ist in his work. He is author of the 
popular "Outlines in Anatomy, Physiol- 
ogy, and Hygiene," a work which has 
received warm praise from teachers and 
eminent physicians of the State. 

He has also been engaged in Normal 
and County Institute work for several 
years, and for his pleasant manners in 
the class-room, and worth as a man, is 
much liked by citizens as well as stu- 
dents. 

Prof. Francis R. Williams, 

Initlniclor in Pfnmannhip anii Itnot-Lti'/itnt;. 

Mr. Williams' qualifications as a teach- 
er ari^ so fully set out elsewhere, that we 
refrain from mentioning them here. 

Mrs. Mattie S. Hiatt, 

Atttfllant Inittrnrlrritit. 

Mrs. Hiatt is one of the worthy stu- 
dents of our University, and as a teacher 
has had much experience. 

William E. C^rane, 

Tfarttfr in /tratring, 
Mr. Crane is warmly rcc<mimeiided by 
Professor Philbrick, of the University, 
which is suflicient guaranty that his 
work ia well done. 



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IN CONCLUSION 
we wish to say tbat the Academy, 
throufjh its able conductors, has gained 
a place in the esteem and confidence of 
our citizens and those of Johnson and 
surrounding counties, second only to the 
State University, and, by its reputation, 
it draws to Iowa City almost as many 
students. It is represented, by its grad- 
uates, in nearly all business interests of 
the Union, and surely, by these merits 
it is entitled to the respect and the sup- 
port of any and every person interested 
in the great cause of education for the 
young. 

The admirable portraits of the two 
proprietors, presented herewith, will, 
perhaps, call to the minds of many for- 
mer students pleasant reminiscences of 
these men, as well as adorn the libraries 
of numerous Academy attendants of the 
present year. 

IOWA CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. 

The Iowa City Commercial College was 
established in September, 1866, by J. T. 
Craig, of Indianapolis, Indiana. On 
October 2d, 1866, the Spencerian Writing 
Academy, which had been organized in 
in September, 1865, by Prof. J. Shrock, a 
skillful and somewhat noted penman, 
who died a few years since in Des 
Moines, was consolidated with it, and 
the new firm was known as Craig & 
Shrock. Shortly afterward. Prof. S. S. 
Hamill became a member of the firm, 
and on April 24th, 1867, Mr. Craig retired, 
the establishment being continued under 
the direction of Hamill & Shrock. 

In the fall of 1867, the institution was 
purchased by Prof. Wm. McClain, a man 
of life-long experience as a teacher, and 
with all the attributes so necessary to a 
successful instructor. Under his ener- 
getic management, the school took a new 
lease of life, and gained an admirable 
reputation for thoroughness and elHcien- 
cy, which resulted in a large increase of 
attendance from year to year. The 
Spencerian Writing Academy was con- 
tinued by Prof. Shrock, in connection 
with the college, but as an independent 
school. The demand for instruction in 



the English branches was such that a 
number of classes were organized, and 
condiTcted in connection with the col- 
lege, until finally, in September, 1870, the 
Iowa City Academy was established by 
Prof. McClain as a separate institution. 

The college was first started in the 
large hall in the third story of the bank 
block, on the corner of Clijiton and Wash- 
ington streets, and remained there after 
the organization of the Academy, which 
was opened in other rooms, until the 
summer of 1872, when it was removed to 
rooms near its present location. 

Upon first taking charge of the college. 
Prof. McClain had as associate Mr. J. N. 
Bich, since editor of the Vinton Eityle, 
who remained with him a little over a 
year; after which Mr. C. P. Rogers, now 
Superintendent of the schools at Mar- 
shalltown, was for a time employed as 
teacher. As Prof. McClain's health be- 
gan to fail, he decided to employ an 
experienced teacher of penmanship and 
book-keeping as principal of the Com- 
mercial College, and in the spring of 
1875, Prof. F. R. Williams, then a teacher 
in the Davenport Business College, was 
engaged. In the fall of 1875 the college 
was removed into new and commodious 
rooms in Dietz & Hemmer's block, on 
Dubuque street, and the school was 
equipped w ith new furniture and fixtures, 
and additional teachers were employed; 
and with increased facilities came, as 
was expected, increased attendance. 

Prof. Williams was principal for three 
years, under Prof. McClain's superinten- 
dence. During the svimmer of 1877, 
Prof. McClain moved to Des Moines, 
where he died, October 14th, 1877. The 
college was conducted by Prof. Williams, 
for the estate, until July 1st, 1878, when 
he purchased and took possession of it 
as sole proprietor. In July, 1881, Prof. 
Williams admitted into partnership with 
him his brother, Mr. J. H. Williams, an 
experienced book-keeper, and Mr. J. L. 
Teeters, a practical telegrapher. 

The college is now located in Market 
Hall, on the corner of Iowa avenue and 
Dubuque street, in roomy, well-arranged 
quarters, and the present attendance, as 



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Bhown by the records, makes it more 
prospenins than at any other time in its 
liisti>ry. Its success is to be traced di- 
rectly to the enerjretic maiuiKcmont 
which it has always been so fortunate in 
securing. The present instructors are 
able, intelligent men, with the ability 
and push requisite to such an imdertak- 
ing, and they have given to it the best 
years of tlieir lives. The following list of 
teachers for 1881-2 is of interest, showing, 
as it does, that every branch in a Busi- 
ness course is well represented: 

F. R. WlLLI.\MS, 

Teacher of Book-ket'i'inK, PiMiniiinship. and 
Busint'Hs Kormt*. 

J. H. Williams, 

H-incipiil of Advauofd Di'pnriiiu'iil in Book- 

keepinK, TcKcher nf OitnnuToiiil .\rith- 

metic anil Short-hanil. 

J. Li. TeETEKS, 
Ti'aclicr of Telottrapliy and Book-kecpinp. 

Wm. Lytle, LL.B., 

Teacher of ('onimcri-ial Law. 

A. S. Dennis, 

T-'HchiT of Plain ami Ornamental PenmanBhip. 



wK.sTEn.y co.ysEnvATojir of mi's/c. 

The Conservatory was established in 
Iowa City, September IKth, 1881. It is 
under the direction of Messrs. George E. 
Whitniore and Harlan J. Coziue, who 
were educated for tliis work under the 
best masters that Boston, the musical 
center of America, could alford. 

Schools of music have proved a great 
success in educating public taste, and in 
making the highest musical culture a 
household ornament. They do for music 
what colleges and theological seminaries 
do for secular and sacrt d learning. The 
class system, which is so beneficial to the 
study of mathematics and the higher 
branches of Icanung, has been found 
equally serviceable in attaining a high 
musical education. 

Music is taught in the Conservatory as 
the sciences are taught in the schools 
ami colleges. Many must be thus edu- 
cated, or not at all. Thousands who are 
passing through colleges and profes- 
sional schools would never secure an 
educutioo, if obliged to employ an effi- 



cient private tutor. The same is true of 
musical instruction, — hundreds can pay 
t<'n dollars a quarter where ten can pay 
one hundred dollars. 

The economy of the class system, as 
employed in the German and Italian 
schools, the Conservatory places at the 
service of its (jatrons; and whatever 
recommends it in schools of learning, 
does the same for .schools of music. The 
corrections and the e.xjdanations are en- 
joyed by all; the illustration, criticisms, 
approval, — all can see and hear; shyness, 
the bane of young performers, is cured 
or abated, and freedom and ease, those 
charms of social and home music, are 
secured. Pu|)ils who are taught in the 
presence of jiupils perri>rming ditficidt 
music, become familiar with their owu 
voices, get rid of awkwardness, and secure 
ease and grace. While the merits of pri- 
vate instruction are by no means denied, 
it is claimed that the class system pos- 
sesses certain important advantages of 
its own, which can be secured by no 
other means. Mendelssohn, the founder 
of the celebrated Leipzig Conservatory, 
and whose judgment in musical matters 
none will question, says: ".\n institution 
such as the conservatory has this ad- 
vantage over the private instruction of 
the individual, that, by the participation 
of several in the same lessons and in the 
same studies, a true musical feehug is 
awakened and kept fresh among the 
pupils; it promotes industry, and spurs 
on to emulation: it is a preservative 
against ont-sidedness of education and 
taste — a t<>ndency against which every 
artist, even in the student years, should 
be upon his guard." 

In connection with piano, organ, and 
voice culture, the jiroprietors of the Con- 
servatory have been successful in secur- 
ing the services of Mr. J. P. I'isha as 
teacher of orchistral 'and band instru- 
ments. This gentleman is a born musi- 
cian, a fine performer on the violin, and 
is not excelled as a teacher. 

The School of Art, in connection with 
the Conservatory, receives attention else- 
where. 



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George E. Whitmore, 

Senior Instructor and Proprietor. 
Mr. Whitmore has taught music for 
nine years, and being a graduate of the 
famous Boston institution, this, with his 
natural inclination, enables him to im- 
part to those under his tuition all the 
rerte of the true musician. He was born 
in Bowdoinham, Maine, May '27th, 1.S4S. 
He came to Iowa City in August, 1881, at 
the invitation of Mr. Cozine, with whom 
he had become acquainted in Boston, 
and immediately began preparations for 
establishment of the Conservatory. With 
the aid of his tact the institution has al- 
ready gained a place in the esteem of 
music-loving people of the city and sur- 
rounding country hardly hoped for; this, 
however, is but the natural outcome of 
the labor which Messrs. Whitmore and 
Cozine have bestowed upon it. 

Haklan J. Cozine. 

Junior Insfritctor and Proprietor. 

Mr. Cozine is "native here, and to the 
manner born." Graham township, John- 
son county, is the place of his birth, the 
date May 12th, 18.54. 

He has made vocal and instrumental 
music a study for a number of years, and 
has taught the same for the past seven 
years. Being a graduate of the New 
England Conservatory of Music, Boston, 
Massachusetts, he is especially qualified 
to teach the system of that eminent 
school. He was, while in Boston, first 
tenor of Grace Church, and, in our own 
city, is regarded as a musician of no 
mean ability, his voice and musical 
skill often adding a charm to society 
gatherings and entertainments. He, as 
well as his partner, is a pleasant, agree- 
able gentleman, and his prominent traits 
of character are siich that give strength 
and encouragement to those who, loving 
the study of music, come under his care. 

IOWA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

Not the least of the attractions of 
which Iowa City can boast is the public 
schools. Banking next to the Univer- 
sity, in the list of her free educational 
institutions, the public schools of the 



State are worthy of the studj' and atten- 
tion of her best citizens, and Iowa City 
can only experience feeliujjs of pride in 
regarding the system of public schools 
wliich add so materially to the city's 
attractions. In them a majority of her 
business men were educated, and a host 
of others, filling responsible positions all 
over the county, recount with pleasure 
the opportunities they alforled, and by 
which they profited. The children from 
almost every home in the city are intrust- 
ed to the care and the instruction of the 
public schools, and it is natural that 
their welfare should be dear to every one. 
Fortunately, our people appreciate, as 
they should, the advantages afforded, 
and have confided their children only 
to instructors competent and especially 
qualified for the work. Probably an 
abler corps of teachers than now preside 
over our schools, have never before been 
brought together. Naturally gifted with 
those peciiliar powers and traits of char- 
acter which are so necessary to the suc- 
cessful teacher, they have justly earned 
the positions of trust which they now 
occupy. Under the able superintend- 
ence of Alfred A. Guthrie, the schools 
have gained an enviable reputation, not 
limited by the boundaries of the city, but 
throughout the State. They are favora- 
bly known, and frequently referred to for 
their admirable system of gradation, 
their methods of instruction, and for 
affording the best facilities for a thorough 
preparatory training. This is, in a great 
degree, due to the present Superintend- 
ent. During the years he has occupied 
his responsible position, he'has filled it 
in a manner alike creditable to himself, 
to the schools, and to those who conferred 
upon him the deserved honor. Having 
made this work the study of years, he 
has, also, conscientiously and persistent- 
ly endeavored to improve the opportuni- 
ties for a thorough elementary education, 
to elevate the standard of the schools, 
and to add in every way to their value. 
He has gathered around him, in this 
work, able instructors, who share with 
him the just reward of success, and who 
deserve the highest praise for their efforts 



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to carry out, to the fullest extent, the 
many improvements of their chief. 

To Mr. Guthrie we herewith return 
our sincere thanks for his courtesy in 
jriviun >is access to the reconls, from 
whidi the foHowinf; history of the schools 
of Iowa City has been compiled, and 
which we can vouch for, as we do for all 
similar matter herein, as being absolute- 
ly correct. 

The Iowa City Public Schools first 
existed as part of the school system of 
Lucas township. Four schools were 
maintained in the city, called sub-dis- 
tricts, Nos. 1, 2, 8, and 4. At an election 
called by the Mayor of the city, and held 
on April iW, 1S.V.), Iowa City was made 
a sejiarate school district, and the follow- 
ing Board of Directors was elected : 

yivs/'t/^'W^—Ezekit'l Clark. 

Vice.PresUleiit-3. S. It -eil. 

Seeretai!/—W. Kejnolclo. 

Tfea^tifer — F. Snnxay. 

I)ireiluis—'i\. B. Cochmn, H. Murray, B. F. 
H(»liiie5i. 

This Hoard did mu<'h for the advance- 
ment of education, and deserve the grati- 
tude of the people for persistent efforts 

I to tliorouglily organize and arrange a 

I system of public schools. 

I Under the new organization, the foiir 
district schools, though under the con- 
trol of one Board, were indepi ndent of 
each other in all their practicjil workings. 
No Superintendent was employed, and 
the members of the Board exercised 
direct .supervision. Teachers were elect- 
ed for a term of three montlis, and 
changes in the teadiing force were fre- 
quent. Tliis Board adopted uniform 
text books, iireacribed rules and regula- 
tions for the government of the sdiools, 
and, after much discussion, in IWHt, divid- 
ed the school year into three terms of 
twelve weeks each. During the early 
years of the schools, the Board was much 
embarrassed for the want of funds, and 
tlie iiucstious that occupied tlieir deliber- 
ations were how to pay tlie teachers 
their meager salaries and purchase the 
needed fiiiniture, and, occasionally, 
make some improvements in the school 
premises. 
The former Board that were responsi- 



ble for selecting sites for school-build- 
ings, have, wisely for their reputation, left 
no records of their deliberations ; nor 
do their names appear to tell present and 
future generations who were guilty of 
such criminal negligence of the interests 
of public education. But we must also 
remember, in considering the unfavora- 
ble location of the school -houses, that 
the city, at the time of their erection, had 
not assumed its present proportions, and 
this mitigating circumstance may help 
us bear the iuconvenience with greater 
patience. 

During these years, many able teach- 
ers were in the employ of the Board, and 
not a few of them have since become 
distinguished educators, lawyers, and 
journalists. 

In the spring of 18(57, n Board was 
elected that did much to improve the 
conditions of the sc1k)o1s, and to intro- 
duce and confirm a jjolicy that has devel- 
oped the i)resent system of public schools 
of the city. The finances were placed in 
a better condition than they had been 
since the organization of the independ- 
ent district; new and modern furniture 
took the place of home-made desks and 
rough benches, and the instruction was 
made uniform under the able manage- 
ment of the first Superintendent, J. Mad- 
ison Williams. The members of this 
Board were, — 

PreHiilenl—D. F. Wells. 
\'ite.Pre»liltul—'T. H. I'lirvin. 
Secrftary — Georiie L. Huiupton. 
Trfa»iirtr—3o\m W. Porter. 
Dirrctom — Jamos MoConnell, Jiibii B. Van 
¥Uv{. O.-ortti- \V. Ki'Illi'well. 

This Board departed from the policy 
of its predecessors so far as to select a 
site for a school building not in the 
middle of a creek or pond. To them we 
owe the erection vf the present Fourth 
Ward building, which was built at a cost 
of !{;4,4I(). 

In February, ISfiS, the name of the 
First Ward si-bool was changed to Lucas 
School: tlic Si'cond Ward to Barnard 
School; the Third Ward to Franklin 
School; and the Fourth Ward tti Itey- 
nolds School. After an experiment of 
ten years, these uames were (lisiniitin- 



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wed, and the original names were again 
adopted. 

The growth of the schools was grad- 
ual. In the early days of the city, the 
same necessity for thorough arrange- 
ment and system as now did not exist, 
and we must regard with satisfaction the 
endeavtirs made to afford every opportu- 
nity to the pupils. The frequent embar- 
rassment for waut of school accommoda- 
tion is not to be ascribed to any derelic- 
tion on the part of those in command, for 
they always had at heart the interests of 
the schools; but financial difficulties 
often stood in the way, and are account- 
able for any such difficulties. 

In recent years the schools have been 
intrusted to the care of gentlemen, who, 
for thorough appreciation of the aims 
and necessities of popular education 
have few equals. They have worked for 
the interests of the schools as they would 
for their own affairs. 

The following is the recent organiza- 
tion of the Board of Education, space 
only forbidding us publishing it in full, 
and we are compelled to limit ourselves 
to those persons who have exercised 
authority during the past six years : 

1875-76. 
Presiihnt—C L. Mozier. 
Treasure) — Peter A. Dey. 
Secretary — Thomas Hughes. 
Direcfors—Vharles Lewis, Samuel Sharpless, 
L. B. Patterson, Charles Baker, N. H. Tulloss. 

1876-77. 
President — L. B. Patterson. 
Secretary — Thomas Hughes. 
Directors— a. H. Tulloss, John P. Irish, John 
W. Porter, Charles Lewis, George J. Boal. 

1877-78. 
President— Charles Lewis. 
Treasurer— Feter A. Dey. 
Secretary — Benjamin Price. 
Directors — John P. Irish, John W. Porter, 
L. B. Patterson, George J. Boal, N. H. Tulloss. 

1878-79. 
President— George J. Boal. 
Treasurer — John N. Coldren. 
Secretary— George P. Hess. 
Directors— John P. Irish, L. B. Patterson, 
John W. Porter, N. H. Tulloss, Charles Lewis. 

1879-80. 
President— John W. Porter. 
Treasurer— 1, C. Carson. 
8 



Secretary— X. A. Guthrie. 
fJirectors-T^. H. Tulloss, George J. Boal, John 
P. Irish, Charles Lewis, L. B. Patterson. 

1880-81. 
President— John P. Irish. 
Treasurer— V). F, Stone. 
Secretary— A.. A. Guthrie. 
Directors— Charles Lewis, L. B. Patterson, 
George J. Boal, N. H. Tulloss, John W. Porter. 

1881-82. 
President — Charles Lewis. 
Treasurei'—Ijovell Swisher. 
Secretary— A. A. Guthrie. 
Directors— George J. Boal, John W. Porter, 
John P. Irish. A. C. Younkin, M. Cavanagh. 

The Superintendents who have been 

employed by the Board, are, — 

J. MucUson Williams 1867... 1839 

Mrs. H.S.Lane 1H71...1K73 

Miss S. F. Loughridge 1H73. . .1874 

S. U. Conk 1N71. . .lan 

A. A. Gut hrie 1S75 

Mr. Guthrie was first employed in 
March, 1875, as Principal of the Third 
Warii School. At the next annual elec- 
tion, the Board, recognizing his talents 
and administrative ability, elected him 
Superintendent for one year. At the 
expiration of this term he was re-elected, 
at an advanced salary. In .June, 1878, 
he was employed for a term of three 
years, at a salary of $1,500 per annum. 
This was a material recognition of his 
services, and at the same time showed a 
reliance in his ability and faithfulness, — 
entrusting him for a longer period with 
the charge of the schools thau had ever 
been done before. That he was worthy 
of the confidence was shown, when, in 
June, 1881, the Board again employed 
him for a second term of three years, so 
that his present engagement with the 
Board will not terminate until 1884. 
This approval of his efforts is not 
more satisfactory to the gentleman than 
it is to the patrons of the schools, and 
that his connection with the schools will 
not expire at the end of his present term 
of office, is the wish of all interested. 

No class of public servants so much 
need and deserve the sympathy and the 
support of the people as the teachers in 
our schools. Having, as they do, the ] 
charge of a larger number of children 
just at that age when restraint of any 
kind is burdensome, it is in their power 



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tu moiild the undeveloped mind as they 
will. Conscientious, strict, and yet ten- 
der, they must be, iind while they are 
expected to cheek and hold in control the 
passions, which, it unrestrained, would 
work mischief to the child, they must 
also instill into the miud the principles 
which are the foundation, as well, as for 
its moral and intellectual development. 
As we have saiil, our schools are fortu- 
nate in haviuff the services of an excel- 
lent corps of teachers, and in the 
discharge of their duties, they are de- 
serving of the highest enconiums which 
can be bestowed upon them. 

The work of the schools is, at present, 
assigned to the teachers as follows: 

HIGH SCHOOL. 
Principal— iliaa Lou E. HuRhes. 
Ji'irgI ,l»«M/aH/— <ieor(fi' K. Uo'der. 
Seeonil Ansistuiil—yVmn A. E. Bnickett. 

GRAMMAB SCHOOL. 
Eighth frrai/c— Miss L. S. Foltz. 
Srreiilh ftrade— Mi.19 Josie V. Williams. 
AfHittaHf—yUss Mtillio I. VokI. 
SiJ-th f.'<«rff-Mias V. .M. liohbins. 
Fifth Oradt — Miss Anna PaiKi-. 

FIBST WARD SCHOOL. 
Pr/nci/)a/— Miss Ella Wilcdx, 
yy y?oowi— Miss C. Haikcnsto. 
C Jtooin-}in. ('. M. SwiBwick. 
D Jiooin— Hiss L;>u Lloyd. 

SECOND WARD SCHOOL. 
Priiiiipiil—iUsK Lou E. IIukIiw. 
.1 ^oom— Miss Snpliif Hutrliinson. 
It /^00/rt— Miss Nellie Clcanuan. 
C Aoom— Miss Olir Plum. 
D Itoom— Matteie Wutkins, 

THIRD WARD .SCHOOL. 
P;inci>a/— Miss Hutli A. Irish. 
II /^oo/«— Miss Lulu Suu<liTs. 
C /?00Hi— Miss Winnii' (lark. 
n y?oom — Miss Fannie Edwards. 

FOURTH WARD SCHOOL. 
Priticipul -Mrs. E. M. i'opeland. 
II /?oom-Miss T. Plielaii. 
C llouin — 'H\>» Fannie Bliipman. 
I) A^««»i -Miss Ida Sanders. 

REESE SCHOOL. 
Teacher— Him B. J. Nolan. 

KIMBALL SCHOOL. 
Teacher— Win* Leitie iiroK»n. 

Some idea of the thoroughness of the 
daily work of the scliools will be con- 
veyed, when wc soy that it makes a 
oontinuous course of eleven grades, each 



grade representing about a year's work. 
The grades are so divided into classes 
that the quickest and brightest i>upils are 
able to advance over one grade each half 
year, or two grades in one year. The 
same plan gives those pupils who are 
absent a great deal, or who, for any rea- 
son, are unable to keep u)) with the reg- 
ular classes, an opportunity for complet- 
ing one-half of the work of each grade in 
one year. Another advantage which the 
schools affords is, that, when it is advis- 
able to do so, or when parents request 
that it shall be done, pupils are permit- 
ted to select studies from the several 
grades. The classificatiou is thus made 
so flexible that it meets the individual 
wants of all i)upils, while, at the same 
time, they have the advantages of a 
thorough drill and of being classified 
with others of like qualifications. Space 
does not permit f)f our going into details 
in regard to each grade, although, were 
we able to do so, we doubt not it would 
be of interest. 

The reputation of the Iowa City High 
School is widely extended, and numbers 
from the surrounding counties enjoy 
the unusual adventages which offers. It 
is recognized as a school that furnishes a 
thorough and liberal instruction to all 
classes, and the thoroughness of the 
preparatory schools which lead up to it 
make its graduates rank among the 
briglitest in the State. In every class in 
the University are found those who bear 
its certificate. Its English or Business 
course gives ample preparation for higher 
work, and its Scientific department is 
provided with a rare geological cabinet, 
and splendid apparatus for illustrating 
the studies of chemistry, natural pliiloso- 
|)hy, physiology, and physical geography, 
while tlie departmental character of the 
work affords advantages to specialists 
rarely enjoyed elsewhere. 

Instruction in Langiuiges and Mathe- 
matics is given by Miss Huglies, the effi- 
cient principal. Mr. (ico. K. I^>cdcr, the 
valedictorian of the University in the 
class of IHS], is the instructor in science; 
and the English studies are ttiught by 
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successful experience. Over all Mr. 
Guthrie, the Superintendent, gives, his 
careful attention. To him, and his faith- 
ful assistants, is due the present success 
and wide-spread reputation of the Iowa 
City Public Schools. 

In the record compiled and kept by 
Mr. Guthrie we find the following valu- 
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Alfred A. Guthrie, A.M., B.D., 

S'fpei'lnteiulent of City Schools. 
[Portrait, Page .V2.1 

Prof. Guthrie was born at Troy, Davis 
county, Iowa, September 20th, 1850, and 
is of Scotch-Irish descent. He attended 
the common schools near his home, and 
spent two years at Grinnell — 18G9 and 
1870. The years 1871 and 1872 were 
spent in Missouri, teaching, and he came 
to Iowa City in 1873, to attend the State 
University, graduating from the classical 
course in June, 1875. In June, 1877, 
he received the degree of B.D., and in 
June 1881, the degree of A.M. After 
graduation, in 1875, he was elected to the 
position of Superintendent of Instruc- 
tion in the city schools, and his success 
in this position has made his retention 
imperative. 

Prof. Guthrie was married in this city, 
December 25th, 1877, to Miss Ella Os- 
mond, but she died March 2d, 1879, after 
an illness of four months. 

Since his connection with the public 
schools of the city, Prof. Guthrie has 
completely re-arranged them, and has, by 
his unwearied exertions in their behalf, 
put them on a level with the best in the 
country. 

IICLL'S PEEPABATORT AXD XOEMAL 
SCHOOL. 

This institution was organized in 
September, 1879. The attendance the 
first year numbered twenty-five, and 
three teachers were employed. The 
next year the attendance had more than 
doubled, and this year there are sixty- 
five pupils and a corps of five instructors. 
It occupies the building formerly used 
by St. Joseph's Institute, and has use of 
the chemical and philosophical labora- 
tory and other apparatvis of that institu- 
tion. Eight large rooms are occupied, 
filled with modern improvements. The 
principal of the school, Prof. A. HuU, 
is a thorough scholar, and he is ably 
assisted in his labors by Father William 
Emonds, who has charge of the Scien- 
tific Department. Those acquainted 
with these gentlemen know that they 
are competent to fill creditably any posi- 



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tion of the kind. The Preparatory De- 

partincnt is ample in fitting students 
for a University course. The Normal 
course is for such as do not intend to 
enter the University. 

Amariah HrLi,, 

principal of the school, was born in 
Mercer county, Penusylvanin, July '2'.)th, 
1827, and is the sou of Obadiiih and 
Mary A. Hull. He f,'raduated at Beth- 
any College,* Virginia, in 1851, and 
went to Midway, Kentucky, where he 
taught two years, going from there to 
Hiram College, Oliio, where he taught 
at the same time that President Garfield 
was a tutor in the institution. He occu- 
pied at Hiram tlie chair of Professor 
of Ancient Languages. After leaving 
Hiram, he came West as far as Indiana, 
wiiere he was elected principal of the 
Fairview Academy, occupying that posi- 
tion for one year, when he removed to 
Mt. Pleasant, this State. At that place 
he taught a select school one year, and 
then moved to Ottnmwa, following his 
chosen profession in that city. He next 
moved to Oskaloosa, where he taught 
for three years in a classical and normal 
school, and then moved to Wajiello, 
where he was an instnictor in the Ash- 
land .\cadomy. Returning to Oskaloosa 
he took his old place in the classical 
and normal school, remaining there for 
thirteen years. In 1872 he moved to 
Denver, Colorado, and taught for one 
year in the Denver Seminary. He then 
returned, and was principal of the Troy 
Academy, in Davis county, Iowa, for two 
years. 

After being superintendent of the city 
schools at Agency, Wapello county for 
two years, he moved to this city in the 
summer of 1879, and started Hull's 
Preparatory and Normal School, which, 
under his very capable management, has 
attained place among the leading scliools. 

Prof. Hull was marrie<l at Mt. Pleasant, 
Iowa, .January 1st, \XH\ to Mi.ss Margaret 
Neil, and seven children have blessed 



• I'j>talili«lii-il l»ll. by AU'xnndor rnmplipll, 
fotiiiiliT iif lhc> wet lit " DiBcipleB," ot wbicli 
Fre8iUent Uartielil was a member. 



their married life, — only two, one son and 

one daughter, of whom are still living. 

Prof. Hull is an able teacher, and his 
years of varied instruction in the leading 
schools of the country have been of ines- 
timable value to him. 



.^T". JOSEPirff I.YS TITCTE. 

The people of St. Mary's church organ- 
ized this school in 18G5. In the 
present business house of O'Hanlon it 
Son it was known under the name of St. 
Joseph's School. Even previous to that 
time it had a nucleus in the place now 
occupied by A. Unrath's grocery store 
and F. Messner's shop. In the latter 
place some of the prominent men of the 
State and city graduated under Professor 
Brownson. St. Mary's congregation, 
seeing that the place on the avenue was 
too small and inconvenient, ordered a 
committee to sell the site and buy the 
present premises. It was incorporated 
in 1872, and confers the usual academ- 
ical degrees. 

In thirteen spacious rooms, heated by 
furnaces, is now to bo found a graded 
school, fitted up for all such branches of 
life's pursuits as will render the scholar 
proficient in any profession or business 
he may choose. It has apparatus for 
teacliing philosophy, chemistry, physi- 
ology, photography, geology, botany, and 
astronomy, not eipialled by any private 
institution in the State. There are 
about two himdred pupils of all grades 
under very efficient teachers. Father 
Emonds, the principal, teaches every 
day, and, in his devotion to the cause of 
education, spares neither pains nor 
means to keep up with the advancing 
age in every imprt)vement that serves to 
cultivate the mind in the shortest pos- 
sible time. 

Like all other institutions of similar 
aims, it has friends and has had enemies. 
While the friends are grateful, the enemy 
lies crushed at its feet. At one time 
the school building, etc., was assessed 
for taxes, and by a decree of the court 
only it was released. There are now 
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in our city, and in fact throughout the 
State, who by the integrity of their char- 
acter, ability and competency, give honor 
to St. Joseph's Institute. The scores of 
teachers annually graduating are con- 
stantly in demand. There has been no 
time yet that the principal was able to 
fill the applications made for teachers, 
such has been the constant draft on its 
resources. 

ST. AGATHA'S SKMIXART. 

In April, 1860, there came from Du- 
buque four Sisters of Charity. They 
moved into C. Duukle's house back of 
St. Mary's church, and commenced a 
school in a building adjoining, now occu- 
pied by F. Messner as a butcher-sbop. 
After a lapse of two years. Father 
Emends bought and donated to them the 
present site, then known as the Park 
House. For a time the lower story was 
quite sufficient for them. Gradually, 
however, their school increased, so that 
the second and third stories were fitted 
up, and, within the last few years, they 
put on a fourth story for chapel exercise 
and exhibition room. They had origin- 
ally but one lot, — the adjoining half Mr. 
Patterson sold to Father Emonds, — and 
the Sisters occupied it as soon as they 
moved in. There was a time when the 
Sisters taught well nigh five hundred 
children. There are at present fifteen 
Sisters, about twenty boarders, and a day 
school of about sixty children. Some of 
their forces are employed in a building 
next to St. Joseph's as a free school, and 
some teach a number of children at- 
tached to St. Patrick's church. 

The institution was incorporated soon 
after the Sisters occupied their present 
quarters. They have done a great deal 
of good in years past, and intend to fight 
it out on the same line. They have a 
number of warm friends in the city and 
surrounding country. Other items of 
interest could have been added to this 
article, but we were unable to obtain 
them. 



1882, as an annexation to the Conserva- 
tory of Music. It is under the general 
direction of Mr. W. Clare Colwell, a 
young man possessed with rare artistic 
talent, who has won high enconiums 
for his skill as a crayon artist. The ad- 
vanced course in this department in- 
cludes iiainting in water colors from 
nature; aerial perspective landscapes; 
studies in oil and water colors from 
objects; portrait drawing and painting 
from life ; composition, theory, and prac- 
tice; lectures on fine arts, painting, 
sculpture, and architecture. The size of 
the class in this school is sufficient evi- 
dence of the public appreciation of this 
means of esthetic oiilture; and, although 
the school is still in its infancy, we 
believe that it will yet grow to be an 
honor to the citv and its director. 



SCaOOL OF ART. 

This school opened on January 1st, 



CHURCHES AND CLliRGY. 

An Historical and Biograpliical Resume of 
the different Religious Denominations 
and Ministers of the City — Some Inter- 
esting Facts, Valuable for Reference, etc. 

No silver saints by dying misers piven 
Hero hrilted the rase of ill-reqiiited lieaven; 
But such jtlain roofs as piety could raise, 
And only vocal with the Maker's praise. 

Rev'rent I touch thee ! but with honest zeal 
To rouse the watchman of the public weal. 
To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, 
And goad the prelate slumb'rLng in his stall. 

—Pope. 

HERE is another place of pray- 
er, little adorned and not less 
venerated, the domestic hearth, 
' where every night the father of 
' the family, before his servants 
and children, prays aloud and reads 
SJ' the Scriptures. An austere and free 
S religion, purged from sensualism and 
J obedience, interior and personal,whieh, 
L set on foot by the awakening of the 
conscience, coidd only be established 
among races in which each man found 
within his nature the persuasion that he 
alone is responsible for his actions, and 
always bound to the observance of his 




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liiit.v. A fiiiuous and eloquent author* 
has thus expressed tlie sentiment of 
those who regard the church as a means 
of reliffious education, and not as a 
vehicle for formal beliefs or public dis- 
play. Although some may think that 
the records of a church should be access- 
ible and complete, it has required con- 
8ideral)le time to collect the following: 

vKTiron/sr /ci'iscopAL. 
This church had its first regular minis- 
trations in Iowa City in the year ISW, 
tlie Rev. Joseph L. Kirkpatrick olliciat- 
ing. The field of labor was termed the 
"Iowa Mission," of which Iowa City con- 
stituted one appointment. The church in 
Iowa City was fully organized in 184(1, 
under the pastorate of Rev. G. G. Worth- 
ington, appointed by the Rock River 
Conference. The General Conference of 
1844 established the Iowa Conference, to 
embrace tlie whole territory of Iowa, and 
this newly formed body held its first 
session in Iowa City, August 14th, 1844. 
The main part of the church building 
was erected in 1842, and the wing during 
the year 1862. The present membership 
IS ;!2.".. 

Rev. Emory Miller, A.M., D.D., 
Tlie i)resent pastor of the church was 
born beneath the shadows of the blue 
Alleghanies, in the town of Mount Pleas- 
ant, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, 
December 2:W, 18:14. Immigrating thence 
in liis twentieth year, he became a resi- 
dent, with his parents, Samuel and Mary 
Miller, of Iowa City, in October, 1854. 
Uis educatiimal years were spent at 
Mount Pleasant College, Pennsylvania, 
Iowa Conference Seminary, and Garrett 
IJiblieal Institute. During his career as 
u student he had been licensed as n min- 
ister of the gocpel by the Quarterly Con- 
ference of Iowa City in the autumn of 
185r). His hcidtli having failed at the 
Biblical Institute, he returned liome, and 
was sent, in Marcli. W-W, to ai't as assist- 
ant pastor in the Pleasant Valley cir- 
cuit, which embraced tlic entire territory 
lying between tlic lown and Cedar rivers 
and south of the Rock Island railroad, 

•B. A.Taine: Ensliith LiUiroluro. 



and included West Liberty and Atalissa. 
As tliis was a year of high waters, and 
tlie territory to be traversed was largely 
inundated by the two rivers, and rains 
were many, and mnd deep and tenacious, 
the young and sickly student had a 
somewhat robust initiation into the "ac- 
tive ministry." Of the twenty -three 
years that have since elapsed, four have 
been spent in the Iowa Conference, one 
in the Missouri Conference, and eighteen 
in the Upper Iowa Conference. He has 
hcd charge of four different circuits, 
eight city churches, and three presiding 
elder districts. The last district super- 
intended by him was that which included 
Iowa City, where his residence as Pre- 
siding Elder was chosen; and, when his 
eldership expired, he was, at the request 
of members of the church, appointed its 
pastor. 

Dr. Miller has twice represented the 
Upper Iowa Conference as one of its 
delegates in the General Conference, — 
first at Baltimore, then in Cincinnati. 
He received the degree of A.M., from 
Iowa Wesh-yan University, and for that 
of D.I), lie is indebted U> the State Uni- 
versity of Iowa. 

Dr. Miller has become somewhat noted 
for the strong ideas he holds on religious 
subjects, and no considerable body of 
religions men of the West seems com- 
plete without his presence. His influ- 
ence in the celebrated Dr. Thomas trial 
is well-known, and his many attributes 
need no citation here. 

Rev. Herman H. Fairall, D.D., 

was born at Kenser's Ridge, Alleghany 
county, Maryland, January 23d, 1840. 
He enti'rcd Jefl'ersou College, Canons- 
burg, Pennsylvania, in September, 18.58, 
and graduat<><l in July, 18(>1. In March 
of the same year he entered the Pitts- 
burg Conference of the Methodist Epis- 
copal church, and preached on Slionse- 
town circuit one year. October Kith, 
18(il, he was married to Miss Sade R. 
Phillips, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 
a graduate of the Olonie Seminary at 
that place. In Marcli, \HC>'2, he was ap- 
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county-seat of Greene county, where he 
remained two years. During his minis- 
try there a commodious church was 
erected, which the trustees named 
" Fairall Chapel." Since then it has 
become the center of a circuit, which is 
also called "Fairall." 

In March, 1864, he was sent to Somer- 
set, Pennsylvania, county-seat of Somer- 
set county, from which he was trans- 
ferred, in March, 1865, to the Upper Iowa 
Conference. His first appointment in 
September, 1865, was Independence; the 
next was Waterloo; the third Monticello; 
and the fourth Decorah. In .lanuary, 

1871, he sailed from America on an 
oriental tour, visiting Egypt, Arabia, 
Palestine, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and 
nearly all European countries. He was 
in the saddle six weeks, from Dan to 
Beersheba, in the "Holy Laud," and 
made a thorough exploration of that 
sacred country. During his absence he 
was the traveling correspondent of the 
Chicago Ereiiiny .louriial. New York 
Methodist, and several other prominent 
papers, and his letters were widely read. 
In September, 1871, he was appointed 
agent for the American and Foreign 
Christian Union in Iowa, and in May, 

1872, was made District Secretary of the 
same missionary society for Iowa, Min- 
nesota, and Wisconsin. In May, 1873, he 
was promoted to the responsible posi- 
tion of Superintendent of Home Mis- 
sions, which office he still holds. 

In June, 1874, Mr. Fairall was honored 
with the degree of Doctor of Divinity by 
the Upper Iowa University — a rare com- 
pliment, as the recipient was only thirty- 
four years of age. 

During the last ten years, Dr. Fairall 
has preached and lectured in all parts of 
the Union, and his lectures on the " Holy 
Land" have been highly commended. 
But he has gained more than a national 
reputation by his standard " History of 
Italy." It is the only work of the kind 
in the English language, and it has gone 
into many of the principal libraries of 
England and the United States, and wiU, 
undoubtedly, in the near future, occupy a 
place in all. 



PRESBYTERIAN. 

On the 12th of September, 1840, the 
first organization of this church was 
effected. The Committee of Presbytery, 
under whose direction the organization 
was accomplished, was composed of two 
ministers, whose names are identified 
with the early history of the State, — Rev. 
L. G. Bell and Rev. Michael Hummer. 
Thirteen persons were enrolled as mem- 
bers at this meeting. Diodati Holt was 
the superintendent of the first Sunday 
school, which was organized in 1843. 

Rev. John Stocker, of Bloomiugton 
(now Muscatine), had visited the congre- 
gation and preached; but about a year 
after the organization. Rev. Michael 
Hummer* was secured as permanent 
pastor of the church. Subscriptions 
were taken in 1843 to build a church, 
and in September, 1844, the building 
was begun, and on September 7tl), 1846, 
the first services were held in the new 
edifice. Previous to the completion of 
the church, ser\ices had been held in 
various places,— sometimes in the Me- 
chanics' Academy, Butler's State House, 
and Berry's school house. 

Mr. Hummer's ministry closed in 1848. 
Rev. S. H. Hazard was the second pastor. 
February 24th, 1850, the church was ded- 
icated in the presence of a large congre- 
gation. In the same year the church was 
thoroughly repaired, at a large expense; 
but the building was never to be occu- 
pied again, for before the Sabbath came 
on which services were to be held in it, it 
caught fire and burned to the ground. 
But this discouragement did not quench 
the energies of the members; the church 
was soon put in a condition which made 
the holding of services in it possible, and 
the present edifice was eventually built, 
by the energetic and unceasing labors 
of the pastor and congregation. 

Rev. George P. Folsom, D.D. 
was born in Buffalo, New York, Decem- 
ber 16th, 1826. He received his educa- 
tion at Williams College, Massachusetts, 
and at Auburn (N. Y.) Theological Semi- 
nary, — graduating from the former insti- 



*See "Conclusion" of sketches of churches. 



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tutiou in 1837, and from the latter in 
1852. 

His first c-bart'c was in Attica, New 
York; afterward at Geneseo, New York. 
October 2^itli, 1H52, he was married at 
Monroe, Michifjau, to Miss Lillie CI. 
Fraser. 

He came to Iowa City in 1880. Tlie 
deforce of CD. was conferred upon him 
by Williams College. 

Dr. Folsom is one of those preachers 
who are pattern for the rest of mankind, 
and "recks his own read," — iiualifications 
which are, perhaps, too few among the 
active clergy. 

.sr. .VARY'S CATHOLIC. 
This congregation received the two 
lots now owned by the church from tlie 
Territorial Legislature of Iowa. The 
Rev. Father Mazucdly, of Benton, Wis- 
consin, was the first regular visitor. 
July 12th, 1S41, tlie corner-stone of a 
spacious brick church was laid by Bishop 
Lovas, of Dubuque. This building 
proved too small for the rapidly increas- 
ing congregation, and gave way to the 
present commodious and handsome 
building, which was consecrated August 
15th, 18()!), l)y Bishop Heiniessy, the 
corner-stone having been laid by order 
of tliat Bisliop in l.S(i7. The high altar 
was built in Cincinnati, at a cost of 
83,(HM), and the side altar entailed an 
outlay of ^2,1 KH). The stained glass 
windows which adorn the church are 
the handsomest in the State. Fathers 
Godfrey, Paget, McCormi<'k, Hannon, 
Sullivan, Micliaiel, and Emonds have 
succeeded one another. The present 
Iiastor took charge of tlie parish in 18.08. 
Fourteen statues of the Christ's passion 
are on the way from Munich, and wll 
be by far the handsomest of the kind in 
the United States. The entire cost of 
the church, over ^7."),(MM), has been raised 
in Iowa City, the contributions of our 
citizens. 

Rev. WrLLiAM Emonds, 
who has so long been the pastor of this 
church, is in many respects a remarkalile 
man. He was born in Bielefeld, Prussia, 
June 13th, 18:j(). His father was an 



officer in the Prassian army, and hie 
mother a native of Westphalia. His 
early education was gained at the Gym- 
nasium of Munster, from which he 
graduated in 184'.(. During the year of 
his graduation he immigrated to Amer- 
ica, and settled in Dubiupie, this State, 
where he was ordained a iiritst in the 
Catholic Church in 1852. He was for 
three years the pastor of the German 
Catholic congregation in that city, and 
from the fall of 18.55 until the fall of 
18.5G he traveled all over Iowa, under 
the direction of the Bishop, in search of 
Catholics and for the purpose of estab- 
lishing new missions. He then settled 
in Keokuk as pastor of St. Peter's, and 
at the close of the year (1856) assisted at 
its dedication. In 1857 he revisited 
Eurojie for the first time, traveling exten- 
sively over the continent. Returning to 
this country, in 1858, he settled in this 
city, and through his instrumentality 
the handsome church over which he still 
presides was liuilt. In 18('>1, under his 
administration, the St. Agatha's Female 
Seminary was established. He also 
established St. Joseph's Institute, — both 
of which institutions have met with 
great success. 

The career of Father Emonds is one 
frauglit with good works, and worthy of 
emulation. Nothing sensational marks 
it; but it is filled with the incidents 
which tell of sacrifice, of labor for his 
charge, of well - won battles for his 
religion. 

Fiiisr iiAPTisr. 
On Saturday, June 28th. 1844, a little 
baud of Baptists met in Clioate's school- 
house, in this city, and after due exam- 
ination of the field, and the adoption of 
articles of faith, an organization was 
effected. The ministers present were 
Rev. John Champlin, l\ev. Burton Car- 
penter, and the lUv. W. B. Morey. The 
resident membership was re|)resented by 
Elder B. M. Parks, Isaiah M. Choate, 
Newton Sanders, .Teliiel Parks, Julius 
Brown, Joseph N. Ball, Harrison Parks, 
and the following named sisters: Lucy 
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Julia Ball. The next day was the Sab- 
bath, and after services the first new 
members, F. Hardee and John Wolf, 
were baptized in the Iowa river. 

July 24th, 1841, a call was extended to 
Rev. W. B. Morey to become the pastor 
of the church, and the call was accepted. 
He preached a quarter of the time, the 
services being held in the old State 
House. The Legislature donated a lot 
for the church in 1844. Bev. Dexter P. 
Smith, who had become pastor of the 
church in May, 1845, went East in the 
subsequent year, to raise funds for the 
building of a church, and so successful 
was he that $4,067.89 were secured. 

With this money the present edifice 
was built. The present pastor, the Rev. 
Thompson, took charge in the autumn 
of 1881, succeeding the Rev. E. T. 
Hiscox, who had accepted the charge in 
December, 1875, and who occupied the 
pulpit until the spring of 1881. 

Rev. Henry M. Thompson, 
the pastor of the First Baptist church, 
was born in Windsor, Vt., November 26th, 
1854, he being the fourth in a family of 
five sons. He graduated at Cobley Uni- 
versity, Waterville, Maine, in 1878, after 
which he studied for almost two years at 
the Baptist Theological Seminary in 
Newton Center, Massachusetts. His 
first pastorate was at St. Mary's, Ohio, 
where he preached for a year and a half 
previous to coming to Iowa City. He 
was married November 3d, 1880, and 
came to this city in November, 1881. 
Although Mr. Thompson has occupied 
his present place but a short time, he has 
already identified himself with the inter- 
ests of his congregation and won their 
esteem. 

Dextek p. Smith, D.D. 
A sketch of the Iowa City Baptist 
church would hardly be complete with- 
out some notice of Mr. Smith, its founder. 
He was born in TuUy, Onondaga 
county. New York, December 16th, 1810. 
He entered Madison University, Hamil- 
ton, New York, in 1831, and graduated 
in 1835, but spent some time afterward 
in the Theological Department. He 



had intended to work in the foreign 
missionary field, but his health did not 
permit. He was pastor of two churches, 
— one in New Hampshire, the other in 
New York, — for several years, and was 
very successful. By the solicitation of 
the Baptist Home Missionary Society, 
he was induced to leave the East, and, 
in 1845, he came to Iowa City. During 
his first six years here he organized a 
flourishing church, and a house of wor- 
ship was erected, then the best in the 
State. In 1851 he resigned his pastorate 
to accept the appointment of general 
agent for the Sunday schools of the 
State, and organized about fifteen hun- 
dren schools,— a large number, when we 
consider the condition of our State in 
those days. In 18.59 he resigned his 
position of agent to accept an appoint- 
ment of the Iowa Baptist State Conven- 
tion. He was, however, compelled to 
relinquish this office in three years, as 
well as other public services, on account 
of ill health. Yet he could not remain 
idle for a long time, and when his health 
improved, he accepted the oflice of Cor- 
responding and Financial Secretary of 
the Baptist Union, and is still an active 
worker for the church and its inter- 
ests. He was married to Miss Hannah 
Boreland in 1837, and received the de- 
gree of Doctor of Divinity from his 
alma mater. 

TlilXITY EPISCOPAL. 

The parish was first organized in 1847, 
by the Rev. Mr. Lauterback, Rector of 
Trinity church, Davenport. Rev. C. C. 
Townsend was the minister in 18.5.3, and 
and in the summer of that year re-organ- 
ized the parish, which had been neglected 
during the preceding years. The first 
recorded vestry meeting was held in the 
summer of 1853, when the vestry con- 
sisted of Stephen Maynard, Senior War- 
den; Samuel Bacon, Junior Warden; C. 
G. Dillon, J. H. Morehead, E. Lindsley, 
D. S. Warren, and James Stratford. 

In 1850 there were thirty-one commu- 
nicants and forty Sunday school scholars. 

The congregation had been holding 
services in the State House; but, in 1855, 



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there were received two subscriptioDB 
for ifotKl each, raised for Hie erection of b 
church. The corner-stone of the present 
chnrch was laid by Bishop Lee, on 
Thursday, April 27th, 1871, and the 
church was opened for worship October 
1st of the same year. The rectory was 
built in 1878. 

Rev. C. Compton BrBNETT, 

the present rector, took charRe of the 
parish on the 7th of February, 1879. He 
was born in Hamjishire. England, on the 
9th of April, 1845. He graduated at 
New College, London, one of the affili- 
ated colleges of tlie London University. 
His first charge was at Sheerness, Kent, 
England. He was a Fellow of the 
Society of Arts, and a member of the 
Arch.Tological In.stitute of Great Britain 
and Ireland, as well as travelling Secre- 
tary of the Palestine Christian Union 
Mission, of wliicli Lord Shaftsbury was 
President. He came to the United 
States in .\pril, 1872, and his firet charge 
in tills country was at Fairfield, Iowa. 
In 1879 he came to Iowa City. 

He was married in London, England, 
.luly 12th, \m.X to Miss Sarah A. Trafford. 

i:\<iLisn ErAsaELir.ii. lvtiiehas. 
The Liitherim congregation was or- 
ganized in June, 18."),"), by Rev. H. F. 
Ealy, with twenty-eight members. Rev. 
Ealy, after laboring faithfully and mak- 
ing many sacrifices, resigned six months 
afterward. A vacancy of two years 
ensueil, during which time several i)rom- 
incnt men in the East ri fused to accept 
calls. In ]S.")7 the church was re-organ- 
ized as an English congregation, with 
twenty -four meml)ers. The Rev. U. 
Sprecher then became pastor, under 
whose ministry a lot was purchased and 
the ))re»ent building erected, whidi was 
dedicated in the fall of 18,')8. After 
laboring for eighteen montlis, and add- 
ing twenty-one to the congregation, Mr. 
Sprecher resigned in July, 1H.")9. The 
pulpit was then vacant thirteen months, 
when Rev. J. (r. Shaffer took charge 
(August, 1860), remaining one year. In 
September, 1801, Rev. Jesse Helsel be- 



came pastor, and labored one year. A 
vacancy of ten years then ensued. The 
breaking out of the war was most dis- 
astrous to the church. 

After these long years of vacancy, a 
few faithful ones rallied around the 
leader sent to them in the person of 
liev. D. P. firosscup, who was commis- 
sioned as missionary in November, 1872. 
He served until February, 1879, when 
the pulpit was again vacant for fourteen 
months. In April, 1880, at the earnest 
solicitation of the Board of Home Mis- 
sions, Rev. J. A. M. Ziegler took charge. 

The congregation now numbers forty 
members. They contributed, during the 
past year, about $475, which was used in 
removal of indebtedness on the church 
lot, and in aid of benevolent objects. 

Rev. John A. M. Zieolek, 

the present pastor of the church, was 
born in central Pennsylvania, in June, 
ia55. His father. Rev. H. Ziegler, D.D., 
being a Lutheran Minister of the Gen- 
eral Synod, and for twenty-three years 
(1858-81) Superintendent and Professor 
of Theoh)gy in the Missionary Insti- 
tute, Selinsgrove, Pa., the iirinciples of 
Christianity and Evangelical Lutheran- 
ism were early inculcated in his son. 
By teaching school, Mr. Ziegler was 
enabled, through the help of his father, 
to take a complete classical and theo- 
logical course, graduating at Wittenberg 
College, Si)ringfield, Ohio, in 1874, and 
at the Selinsgrove Theological Seniinnry 
in 1877. He early made the ministry his 
chosen ]>rofessii)n, and <letcrniined to 
make the West his field of work. .Vfter 
he was married to Miss Mary Fredenca 
Bell, of Hagcrstown, Maryland, he bent 
his course toward the State of Kansas. 
Being hindered from engaging in the 
work in that Stat*> by a combination of 
circumstances, he took charge of a mis- 
sion pastorate in Warren, Lucas, and 
Marion counties, Iowa. After serving 
these for two years and a half, drinng 
over three thousand miles a yeor, and 
subject to all the exposure of such a 
charge, he reluctantly consented to un- 
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more arduous task of establishing the 
Iowa City mission upon a self-sustain- 
ing basis. He became pastor of this 
congregation, and the success which 
has rewarded his faithful efforts speak 
well for his earnest, conscientious 
labors in this field. 

CIIEISTIAX. 

This church was organized in this city 
March 28th, 1863, and enrolled at once 
eighty -four members. The name of 
Kimball Porter heads the list; indeed it 
was through his efficient aid that the 
house was secured and the church estab- 
lished, and his wife and family have 
continued to be chief helpers down to 
the present day. 

Samuel Lowe was the first pastor. He 
remained, however, but a few months, 
when his brother Joseph succeeded him, 
and remained about two years. 

In June, 1865. John C. Hay, a student 
from Princeton, and but a recent convert, 
came on a visit to Iowa City, was called 
to the pastorate, accepted, and remained 
until June, 1869. This was a period of 
growth. Over one hundred names were 
added to the roll of the church in the 
city, a church was established at Tiffin, 
the church in West Liberty was greatly 
strengthened, and other work was ac- 
complished throughout the county by 
this indefatigable minister. 

Jesse H. Berry came September, 1869, 
and remained nine months. 

J. Madison Williams began his minis- 
try in September, 1870, and at that time, 
because of deaths and removals, the 
active membership of the church was not 
more than ninety. This was the first 
charge of this pastor, and the record 
shows a good work accomplished. Mr. 
Williams was a graduate of the Univer- 
sity, and afterward Superintendent of the 
city schools. During the two years of 
his ministry, thirty-two names were 
added to the roll. 

Dr. S. E. Pearse came September, 1872, 
and remained two years. The church 
was then in debt, and somewhat dis- 
couraged, and was without a pastor until 
September, 1875. 



Wm. Bayabd Craig, 
assisted through college by the Porter 
family, graduated at the University in 
this city in 1872. The two following 
years were spent in the Theological 
Seminary at Yale, and a third year as 
pastor in Daubury, Connecticut. He 
was called to the pastorate of this church 
in May, 1875, and came in the following 
August with his wife, a graduate in the 
same class with Mr. Craig, and among 
the very first in scholarship and ability. 
Miss Milliken had united with the 
church here as a convert during the 
ministry of Elder Hay: so the church 
was reaping where it had sown, when it 
thus called to its work Mr. Craig and 
his wife. Two hundred and twenty-five 
names have been added to the roll under 
the present pastor, besides work done 
elsewhere. 

The church has always been at peace; 
the calamity of a church quarrel has 
never even threatened. It has been gen- 
erous for the means at its command, has 
always paid its debts, maintains an 
excellent prayer meeting, a successful 
Sunday school, an efficient aid society; 
and, with its present large member- 
shij), its freedom from debt, its increased 
wealth, has cause for thanksgiving and 
encouragement. 

CONGREGATIOyAL CHURCIT. 

This church was formed as follows: 

The New School Presbyterian Church 

and Society of Iowa City, which was 

organized in 1841, met July 9th, 1866, 

and unanimously resolved, the elders 

and trustees concurring, — 

"That we express ourselves in favor of the 
abandonment of the organization of the New 
School Presbyterian Church and Society, and 
desire to remain together by beiny organized 
into a new church under the C'ongregational 
form of government." 

At an adjourned meeting, held July 
16th, 1866, a previously appointed com- 
mittee reported those members of the 
Presbyterian Church who had requested 
letters of dismission, and twenty-five 
others, mostly from the First Congrega- 
tional church of the city, who organized 
under the title of the "Congregational 



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Churi-h of Iowa City," and were recog- 
nized as such by a CDiincil, July 31st, 
13G<i. The congregation built their pres- 
ent handsome church in 1870. 

The jireseut pastor. 

Rev. FERors L. Kenyon, 
was born in the parish of Sosly, Wigton- 
shire, Scotland, December 4tli, 1835. 
He prepared for college in the High 
Si'hool at Hartford, Connecticut, and 
graduated at Princeton, New Jersey, in 
1859. He was a tutor of Greek in Prince- 
ton College for two years and a half. 
He studied theology at Princeton Semi- 
nary, graduating in 18C4, and began 
preaching at East Orange, Now Jersey, 
then in Elvira, Ohio, and afterward at 
St. Jo.se|)h, Missouri. In September, 
1878, he was called to labor in this city. 

Mr. Kenyon was married in 1H05, at 
Grafton, Ohio, to Miss Hattie A. Squire. 

THE VXITARIAX. 
The question of organizing a Unitarian 
Society in Iowa City had been consid- 
erad among the friends of the movement 
for several months, and in Pec-ember, 
lH8l),it was determined that the time had 
come for such a step to be taken; conse- 
quently a meeting was called for Thurs- 
day, January 20th, 1880. At this meet- 
ing a committee, consisting of Prof. C. A. 
Eggert, Mr. John P. Irish, and the Rev. 
O. Clute, was appointed to prepare a 
plan of organization, and report at a 
Hubsecpient meeting. Sunday, January 
ZVL, 1881, the meeting convened, and the 
committ-ee reported a form of organiza- 
tion, which was adopted. At adjourned 
meetings on January 30th, February Oth, 
and February I'.Uh, 18S1, the organiza- 
tion was perfected by the election of 
officers and the appointment of commit- 
tees. In the same year, the church was 
completed by the addition of the spire, 
and other improvements were made. 

Rev. Oscak Clute, 
the j)reBent pastor, has had charge of 
the church since its organization. He 
was born in Albany county, New York, 
in 1837. His ancestors were amouK the 



early settlers, and came from Holland 
soon after New .\m8terdam was started. 
His boyhotid was passed in Albany, Co- 
lumbia, and Boone counties, New York, 
where he attended the public schools. 
He began teaching a i)ublic school in the 
city of Biughamton, New York, when he 
was seventeen years old, and, for more 
than thirteen years, he taught regularly. 
At the age of twenty he came West. For 
two years he taught in Ionia, Michigan, 
then entered the Sophomore class of the 
Michigan State Agricultural Ojllege, at 
Lansing, where he graduated in due 
time, having the honor of giving the 
first oration, at the first commencement 
of the first agricultural college in 
America. While a student at the college, 
he had been emidoyed as teacher of 
classes in the preparatory department, 
and immediately after graduating was 
made Professor of Mathematics in his 
iilinu mnter. Tliis position was held for 
four years, and then resignetl, in order 
that he might enter the Unitarian min- 
istry. After graduating at the Unitarian 
Theological School at Meadville, Penn- 
sylvania, he was called to be minister of 
the Unitarian church in Viuehind, New 
Jersey, where he remained for seven 
years. Tlieu, after a ministry of two 
years in Newark, New Jersey, he again 
looked toward the West, accepting a call 
to Keokuk, Iowa. .Vfter remaining in 
Keokuk for four years, he came to Iowa 
City — three years ago. 

ST. r.lTIIICK's C.ITUOL/C. 

So closely is the history of St. Patrick's 
Catholic clmrch interwoven with that of 
its pastor, that we combine the two, and 
we believe, that, in this form, it will be 
as interestuig to our readers as it could 
possibly be were a division made. 

The Rev. Patrick Smythe was the 
youngest son of .Tames and Ann Smythe, 
and was born in County Cavan, Ireland, 
in November, IHJH. He was ordained at 
.\11 Hallow's Foreign Missionary Semi- 
nary at l)\iblin, and left Ireland soon 
after, coming direct to ])ubnii"e, at 
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1874. From there he went to Madison 
county, this State, to what is called the 
Irish settlements. He came to Iowa 
City, from the latter place, April 9th, 
1876. His predecessor was the Rev. 
Martin Rice. A large and rapidly grow- 
ing congregation inspired him with the 
idea of building a large place of worship, 
and within a year from the time of his 
taking charge of this parish (1879), he 
purchased, of Mrs. O. C. Dondelson, the 
ground upon which the church now 
stands. With this much accomplished, 
the work did not flag, and in three years 
the church building was completed. 
The total cost of the edifice and furni- 
ture was about !^18,000, and its architec- 
tural proportions have attracted the 
admiration of all visitors to our city. 
Beloved by his congregation and ad- 
mired by his people. Father Smythe's 
lot is certainly a pleasant one; and with 
the self-sacrificing devotion of his pro- 
fession he labors among his flock, sooth- 
ing the death-bed of the dying and 
administering consolation to the living, 
and unassumingly treading the paths of 
his duty. Long may he be spared to his 
people and to the warm friends who 
respect and admire him. 



CONCLUSION. 

In the foregoing sketches we have 
aimed to give only an outline of the his- 
tory of the churches and pastors of the 
city. Accounts of a number of occur- 
rences were obtained, and they are inter- 
esting (to us, at least); but everything 
mentioned herein has taken more space 
than originally intended, and, necessa- 
rily, much that could be added is 
omitted. 

As the years advance, the history of 
men and of institutions gains value. The 
smallest incident, insignificant, perhaps, 
at the time of its happening, is fre- 
ijuently enlarged upon by the historian. 
A scrap of writing, a faded picture, 
brought before the eyes, recall, as noth- 
ing else can, some event to which years 
only give importance. What would be 
given for a few lines of one of Shakes- 



peare's tragedies in the original manu- 
script, or an authentic likeness of the 
great dramatist ? Even in this day, if a 
noted man die, the reader scans with 
interest any historical or biographical 
reference to him. A portrait of Presi- 
dent Garfield at sixteen, an autograph 
made on his death-bed, a life-mask of 
Lincoln, the Masonic regalia of Wash- 
ington, — these, and many minor inci- 
dences, are prized as remembrances of 
those who have " gone before." 

Without further digression, we give the 
following (omitted in the sketch of the 
Presbyterian church), which is one of the 
most remarkable occurrences, in the his- 
tory of Western churches, we ever heard 
of; and, although not new to many, it 
loses nothing by reijetition here : 

Mr. Michael Hummer, pastor of the 
Presbyterian church in 1841, was not 
liked in the neighborhood even during 
the first months of his ministry, and his 
later actions overwhelmed him in dis- 
grace. A Ijell had been presented to the 
church, by Eastern frienils, on which 
was inscribed the names of the donors 
and that of the church. It was then the 
only bell in the city, and also the only 
one west of the Mississippi ; it may be 
naturally inferred, then, that the citizens 
took in it an unusual interest. In conse- 
quence of having been agent in the 
receival of the bell, it is thought that Mr. 
Hummer came to the conclusion that he 
had also right to lay entire claim to it; 
notwithstanding he had ceased to be the 
church's agent or pastor a short time 
after the delivery of the bell. With the 
assistance of others, Mr. Hummer climb- 
ed into the belfry and unfastened the 
bell and lowered it to the ground. It 
was not easy getting down again, how- 
ever, for a crowd of angry people, hearing 
of his actions, came and removed the 
ladder, and he had to stay in the belfry 
until his assistant came and replaced his 
means of ascent. It was generally be- 
lieved that the citizens deposited the bell 
in the bottom of the Iowa river, but this 
was not vouched for. Years passed, and 
the loss of the bell was less felt; and the 
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the river was not- denied until n returned 
California miner confessed to havini? 
been an iiccomplice in its removal, and 
that it had been left in Salt Lake City. 
While encased on his history of Johnson 
county, Captain Irisli had occasion to 
examine the records of the dinrch, and 
Rev. H. M. Osmond, then pastor |18C).S» 
became so interested in the matter that 
he indited a letter of inquiry to Brigham 
Young. An answer was soon received, 
and the "Propliet" stated that the bell 
was actually lyins in Salt Lake City, but 
was of no use to him or his followers, 
and was snViject to the order of the 
church at Towa City. 

Dr. Huff, who prepared a sketch of 
this incident for the "Annals of Iowa," 
ends his article with a mysterious pero- 
ration, which has led some to infer that 
the bell was really sent back to Iowa 
City. Such was not the case. The bell, 
perhaps, still "bleaches" on the plains of 
the "Prophet;" at least it is not known 
tliat it lias left Utah. 



OKDliRS A.M) SOClHTUiS. 

IiidrtntiiKj Ffiets find Ii'tgtires in the His- 
t'iri/ "f llie Various Onlim and Sorielien 
(if Ike City — Masonry — Odd Fellowship 
—Ancient Order of United ^Vorkmen — 
Lef/ionn of Honor — Bohemian and Oer- 
inan Societies, etc. — With Names of the 
Present Officers and Time and Place of 
Meeting of Koch. 

God'n lienison k<> with jnu. niid willi iIiuhp 
That would mako K<><'d of bad. and fripnda of 
toes. —Shakttpeare. 

O! what a hnppinosH it Ih to find 

A f rii'nd of our own blood, a brother kind! 

- Waller. 

rIN'CK time immemorial men 
have devised ways of meeting, 
where ideas and sympathies 
■' could be cxchauKed, where a 
• " closer friendship could be 
"^ made. The most important orders 
3^ and societies, those that have at- 
5 tained any B>fe, are held together by 
\ bonds of affection and a desire to 
1 lienelit mankiml. 'I'liese grand prin- 
ciples alone are all that keep united 




any worthy organization, and it is well 
that it is so. Formal ceremonies and 
display of gorgeous trappings may, oc- 
casionally, add to the public apprecia- 
tion; and that people may become ac- 
quainted with its strength, it is some- 
times necessary that an organized body 
of men make a public parade; but if an 
order or society depend on these only, 
its usefulness, it seems to us, is very 
limited. The most important societies 
and orders of Iowa City, are those that 
are guided by the principles mentioned. 
The following has V)een arranged with 
care, and may serve the purpose for 
which we intended it — a means of refer- 
ence for visiting brothers and those desir- 
ing dates in the history of Lodges, or 
information concerning present officers, 
times and places of meeting; 

MASON JiV. 
fi>)VA r/rv i.iittiiK. so. 4. 

This is one of the four Lodges that were 
chartered by the Grand Lodge of Mis- 
sojiri. 

November 20th, 184<), a dispensation 
w.is issued to the requisite number 
of brethren residing at Burlington to 
form a Lodge at that place — the first in 
the then Territory of Iowa — and a char- 
ter was granted to them October '2(lth, 
1H41, with the name, Dcs Moines Lodge, 
No. 41. 

February 4th, 1H41, a dispensation was 
issued to constitute a Lodge at Uloom- 
ington (now Muscatine), and a charter 
granted October 20th, 1841, naming it 
Iowa Lodge, No. 42. 

October 10th, 1842, a dispensation was 
issued to constitute a Lodge at Dubuque, 
which was chartered October 10th, 184;^, 
under the name of Dubuque Lodge, 
No. 62. 

On the 10th day of OctoWr, 1842, let- 
ters of dispensation were issued by M. 
W. Priestly H. M.Hride, Orand Mas- 
ter of Missouri, to form a Lodge at Iowa 
City, in which were named, — 

William ItojnoldK, Wor»hiiifnl Master; 
William H. Snjiler. Senior Warden; 
A. J. Willix, Junior Wanien. 

A charter was granted October lOth, 



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1843, and named Iowa City Lodge, No. 

63. 

In May of the same year a conven- 
tion was held in Iowa City, to take the 
necessary steps to organize a Grand 
Lod{?e in the Territory of Iowa. 

Pursuant to the arrangements made, 
delegates from the four chartered lodges 
met in convention at Iowa City, January 
2d, 1844, and held a two days' session, 
during which time a constitution and by- 
laws were adopted, and Grand Officers 
elected. An adjournment was then had 
until Monday, January 8th, at whicfi 
time Right Worshipful Ansel Humph- 
reys, District Deputy Grand Master of 
the Grand Lodge of Missouri, acting as 
Grand Master, opened (with the assist- 
ance of the constitutional number of 
Master Masons) the Grand Lodge of 
Missouri, and installed the Grand OflB- 
cers-elect and constituted the Grand 
Lodge of Iowa in due and ancient form. 
Oliver Cock, of Burlington, was the first 
Grand Master; Brother William Rey- 
nolds, of Iowa City, first Junior Grand 
Warden; Brother Theodore S. Parvin, 
now of Iowa City, the first Grand Secre- 
tary; and Brother S. C. Trowbridge first 
Grand Steward. Brothers Parvin and 
Hartsock, both of whom have since been 
Grand Masters, are the only two now 
living here who were delegates to the 
convention that organized the Grand 
Lodge of Iowa. The four Lodges, — 
having deposited with the new Grand 
Lodge the charters granted to them by 
the Grand Lodge of Missouri, — were 
furnished new charters by the Grand 
Lodge of Iowa, retaining their original 
names, and numbered from one to four, 
according to the dates of the original 
charters, — Iowa City Lodge, being then 
No. 4, the charter bearing date January 
8th, 1844. 

According to the published report of 
that year, Iowa City Lodge had in all 28 
members ; but, during the year, several 
were added to their number. Among 
these we find the name of Robert Lucas, 
the first Governor of the Territory of 
Iowa, who joined by affiliation. In 1851 
the returns show only 29 members, but 



as a number of new names appear this 
year, the Lodge must have lost either by 
death, dimit, or otherwise, several mem- 
bers. 

At the session of the Grand Lodge, 
held in June, 1852, a charter was granted 
to Zion Lodge, No. 31, located at Iowa 
City, with 

<.Teorj;e W. Mc<.'leary. Past Grand Master, as 
Wor.shir)fiil blaster; 

E. Clark, as Secretary; 

8. M. WacUey, as Tyler. 

These three were the only ones re- 
turned as members of Iowa City Lodge in 
1851. 

Without knowing the facts (which we 
do not), it is hard to understand why tliis 
new Lodge was established at this jilace, 
when the old Lodge had only 29 mem- 
bers, unless for the expi-ess purpose of 
giving more aspirants an opportunity of 
holding office in Masonic Lodges. This 
year (1852) Iowa City Lodge showed its 
number reduced to 20 members. 

The new Lodge worked steadily, until 
June 24th, 1881), when it was consolidated 
with Iowa City Lodge, No. 4. The two 
Lodges at that time had a total member- 
ship of 174. By this act of the two 
Lodges, expenses were reduced, jealousies 
avoided, and more care taken in the 
selection of material. 

The registers of Iowa City Lodge and 
Zion Lodge show that 457 have been 
affiliated in the former,* and 226 in the 
latter,— making a total of 683 in these 
Lodges since January, 1844. The above 
aggregate may be, and undoubtedly is, a 
little too high, from the fact that a few 
have been members of both Lodges at 
different times, and are shown on the 
registers of both. In 1863 Iowa City 
Lodge had a membership of 91, and 
Zion Lodge 55. 

Hon. Robert Lucas, first Territorial 
Governor of Iowa, was a member of Iowa 
City Lodge, and Hon. Samuel J. Kirk- 
wood, ex -Governor of Iowa, and now 
Secretary of the Interior, is a member of 
the same Lodge. Besides these there 
are others who have been honored, and 
who have reflected honor upon the craft 
by their abiUty and integrity in the vari- 



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ous walks ot life, liotli public and pri- 
vate, 'fhe craft, iu this jiirisiliotion, bas 
recoffnized the ability of such members 
as Hon. Georf?e W. McCleary, Thomas 
H. Benton, Jr., J. R. Hartsock, and Z. C. 
Luse, each having held tlie houorablc 
position of Grand Master, and presided 
as such over the craft iu Iowa. 
The officers elected in 1881, are, — 

Wortthipfiil Jfa«tfr — Cha». Lewie. 
.sV/*ior Wartteii — J. C. ShradtT. 
,/tinior Warden — (.). Stiirtitman. 

Trfftittirer — J. II. Whett^lono. 
Sfrretary — 'S. K. Parviu. 

Retrular meetings held in Masonic 
Hall, third Mondav in each month. 



ROYAL ARCH MASOXRY. 

March 19th, 1844, a dispensation was 
issued by Most Excellent Joseph R. Sta- 
pleton, Deputy tteneral Grand Hii^'h 
Priest of the Grand Chapter of the Unit- 
ed States, to form a Chapter of Royal 
Arch Masons at Iowa City. The same 
was organized April 2r)th, 1844, and called 
Iowa City Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2. 
At the triennial convocation of tlie Gen- 
eral (irand Chapter held at New Haven, 
Connecticut, in September foUowin;?, a 
charter was granted, under the authority 
of which this Chapter worked until June 
8th, 1854, when delejjates from the three 
chartered Chapters of the State and one 
under dispensaticm met at Fairfield, 
and formed the (iraud Chapter of Iowa. 
Although Chapters had been organized 
for over ten years before the Grand 
Chapter was formed, yet from the records 
we are led to believe there could not 
have been over one hundred cegnlarly 
affiliated Royal Arch Masons in the 
State; while, at the present date, there are 
i)l Chapters, with a membersliip of 4,796. 
Iowa City Cliapter has 94 meml)ers, and 
her register shows that over 2.')() have 
been members since the Chapter was 
organized in 1844. From the nienibcrH 
of Iowa City Chapter five Grand High 
Priesta have been selected as follows: 
T. S. Parvin, now a member, but at the 
time of his election, in ]8.'>4, a member of 
Washington Chapter, Muscatine; Jnmes 



R. Hartsock, Kimball Porter, L. S. Swaf- 
ford, and Z. C. Lnse. 
The officers elected in 1881, are, — 

High Priftf—r. M. Hobby. 
h'inff— Chili'. l.owis. 
.s'rnV/r - Paul Custor. 
Treanurer—i. H. WheUitone. 
Sfcrttanj — 'S. R. Parvin. 

Regular conv(«-ation first Monday in 
each month, iu Masonic Hall. 

TKilPLARI.til. 

With the other orders, Templarism in 
Iowa City has kept pace. On December 
1st, 1806, a Commandery of Knights 
Templar was organized by Sir Knight 
William Leffiugwell, under a charter 
from the Grand Encampment of the 
United States, — named Palestine Com- 
mandery, No. 2, — with Sir Knight Kim- 
ball Porter as the first Eminent Com- 
mander. 

A convention was held in Des Moines, 
June 6th, 1864, under the sanction of a 
warrant issued October 20th, 1863, by 
B. B. French, Grand Master of Knights 
Templar of the United States, to J. R. 
Hartsock, of Palestine Commandery, 
No. 2, as his deputy, authorizing 
tlie Commanderies of Iowa to form a 
Grand Commandery. Tliis was consum- 
mated, and the Grand Commandery of 
Knights Templar of tlie State of Iowa, 
duly formed and constituted, with Sir 
Knight T. S. Parvin. of DeMolay Com- 
mandery, No. 1, of Muscatine, but resid- 
ing at Iowa City, as first Right Eminent 
Grand Commander. At that date there 
were only three chartered Conimaml- 
eries in the State, and one under dispen- 
satioD, with a total membership of about 
1.30. We had, in October, 1880, thirty- 
seven chartered Commanderies, with a 
membership of nearly two thousand. 
Palestine Commandery, No. 2, has now a 
mi'iubi rship of eighty. Iowa City Sir 
Knights have been eminently favored. 
AVe notice the names of T. S. Parvin, 
now a member of I'alestine, J. R. Hart- 
sock, and George B. Van Saun, as Past 
Grand Commanders; Sir Knight Van 
Saun, the present Grand Master of Ma- 
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Commandery, and dimitted therefrom in 
1865; Reuben Mickle, Past Grand Mas- 
ter, also knighted in Palestine Com- 
mandery ; Z. C. Luse, Past Grand Master, 
has been Deputy Grand Commander and 
was Grand Treasurer four successive 
terms. 
The present officers are, — 

Emiyient Coitunander — Elmer F. Clapp. 
Generalissimo — George. W. Ball. 
Captain General — V. M. Hobby. 
Prelate — J. Norwood Clark. 
Treasurer — 3. H. Whetstone. 
Recorder — N. R. Parvin. 

Regular conclave, second Monday of 
each month. 

The above sketch of Masonry in Iowa 
City, although imperfect, will give the 
reader an idea of the progress made by 
the order, during the last forty years, in 
this city and in the State. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP. 
The Odd Fellows' building, on the 
corner of Duliuque and College streets is 
an ornament to the city. There are two 
splendid store-rooms, at present occu- 
pied by J. A. Pickering's China Hall and 
Messrs. Lumbard's grocery; the second 
story is occupied by the Conservatory of 
Music and School of Art, and a number 
of offices — the finest rooms for their pur- 
pose in the city. The entire third story, 
covered by a graceful Mansard roof, is 
intended for the Lodge hall. The build- 
ing was completed January 1st, 1882, at 
a cost of $14,000, and it is the only one 
in the city, as yet, entirely owned by a 
secret society. The meetings of the dif- 
ferent Lodges, however, are still held in 
the hall at the corner of Washington and 
Clinton streets. 

GOOD SAMARITAN EyCAMPMEXT. NO. B. 

This Encampment was organized Au- 
gust '21st, 1848, under a dispensation of 
the Most Worthy Grand Sire, by Right 
Worthy Deputy Grand Sire, John G. 
Potts, assisted by Brother Davis, of Du- 
buque. The first officers were, — 

Chief Patriarch— Rev. William Patterson. 
High Priest— B.. M. Lathrop. 
Senior Warden— 1. M. Banbury. 
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.Junior Warden — A. J. Lucas. 
Scribe — T. Snyder. 
Treasu rerS&mneX Magill. 
First M'ff/rA— George Paul. 
Sentinel— ¥,\svy Lindsey. 
Guide — G. D. Palmer. 

Of the above-named officers. Brothers 
Lathrop, Paul, Magill and Banbury are 
the only ones now living in this vicinity. 
Brothers Snyder, Patterson and Lindsey 
are dead. Brother Magill, tlie oldest 
(80 years of age) of the fraternity in the 
city, is still a member of Kosciusko 
Lodge, No. 6. The officers of the En- 
campment now are, — 

ChieJ Patriarch — 3. K. Corlett. 

Hiqh Priest — A. C. Cowperthwaite. 

Senior Warden —Fred Zinierli. 

.Junior Warden — John J. Dietz. 

Scribe — J. Norwood Tlark. 

Treasurer — Solomon CoUlren. 

The number of members is 50. 



KOSCirSKO LODGE. NO.. 6. 

This Lodge, the first of the order in 
Iowa City, was instituted October 10th, 
1840. by John G. Potts, District Deputy 
Grand Sire, assisted by Brother Davis, of 
Dul)uque. The officers, the first quarter, 
were, — 

Noble Grand—Samuel G. Ballard. 

Vice-Grand— A. H. Palmer. 

Permanent Secreta ry—y^iWium Patterson. 

Treasurer— "^l. L. Morris. 

At the first meetmg of the Lodge, held 
the same evening, petitions were receiv- 
ed from George Paul and Thomas Sny- 
der, who were elected and initiated. 
Committees were appointed on by-laws, 
regalia for officers and members, etc. 
An order for §34, for payment of the 
"tavern-bill " of Messrs. Potts and Davis, 
was paid by the Treasurer. 

The number of members now, in good 
standing, is 65. The following are the 
names of present officers: 

Noble Grand— Charles C'artwright. 

Vice-Grand— 3ohT:i Kubik. 

Treasurer— 3. G. Given. 

A'ct'/'c(ary— William A. Kettlewell. 

EUREKA LODGE, NO. 44. 
This Lodge was organized March 7th, 
1853, by H. M. Lathrop, Special District 
Deputy Grand Master, with the following 



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charter members: William Patterson, R. 
S. Finkbine, Ezekicl Clark, C. F. Love- 
lace, Jolm Clark, Hiram W. Love, R. M. 
Bixby, A. W. Pratt, John M. Seydell, and 
Edward W. Lucas. The first officers 
were, — 

Noble Or<iiiil—(Seori!e W. McCleary. 

Vice-draiKl—V. F. Ijovelace. 

Secretary— Vi. M. Bixby. 

Treasurer— B. W. Love. 

The membership now numbers 113. 
The officers for the present (juarter 
are, — 

Jfoble Crond— Emanuel Hess. 
Vice-Granil- W. K. Habi-iinii. 
Treasurer — J. Norwooil Clark. 
Secreta nj—Enclid Sanden*. 
Permanent Secretary— H. Rhoadarmer. 

TEVTOXIA. NO. 129. 
Orfranized January lltli, ISCiC. Pres- 
ent membership, (iO— I'J of whom are 
charter members. Nisht of meeeting 
Monday. Principal officers: 

Noble Grand— 3. J. Uietz. 
r(V<!>-&'»'<inrf— .\iiani Schneiiler. 
TreoAurer — Ausust Isense. 
Secretary— H. F. Bononlen. 
Permanent Stcretary — M. Levy. 



.iNCIE.VT ORDER OF ISITED WORK- 
MEN. 

There are three Lodges of this order in 

the city. 

Iowa City, No. 153, 

was organized March 'ilst, 1978, with 40 
members. Present membership 91. The 
meetings are held in A. O. U. W. Hall, 
Opera block, on the first and third 
Wednesdays of each month. The officers 
are, — 

Manter irorAiHrtH— E. E. Brainerd. 

Foreman— \. J. Hertz. 

Orer»eer—D. A. JoneH. 

Recorder—Emil Uoerner. 

Financiei — ("io<iri:e W. Hall. 

AVr*'i/>/-— William ,\. Fry. 

Innitlr HV//<'Ahj*//( — Charh'H 8. Welsh. 

tiutniiU Wafi-bnian —Thoniaa Thompson. 

i.nhte .1. W. 8. Home. 

Athens, No. 4. 
Organized October ICth, 1S7H, with 10 
charter members. Present membership, 
42, Meets every Friday night in hall in 
Opera Block. Principal officers: 



Matter iroritman— Thomas Morrison. 
Recorder— ¥. E. Baekensto. 
Treanurer-L. A. Allen. 

German-Amebican, No. 187. 

Organized April 15th, 1879. Present 
membership, 39. Meetings held in the 
A. O. U. W. Hall. Present officers : 

Matter IlorX ;/!««- Jacob Kramer. 

Reroriler--K. F. BonordeD. 

Financier— Ur. F. Mueller. 



/Oir.4 LEUION OF HONOR. 

Iowa City Lodge, No. 18. 

Organized :May SM, 1879. Present 
membership, 89. Meetings are held 
second and fourth Thursdays of each 
month, in the hall in Opera Block. 

President - Dr. 8. 8. Lytle. 

Canopy Lodge, No. 42, 

Organized September 18th, 1879. Pres- 
ent membershi]), -14. Meetings are lieM 
second and fourth Wednesdays of eaili 
month, in Daniel Corlett's Hall, Wasli- 
ingtou street. The principal officers 
are, — 

Pre»idenl — .\. K. Kogers. 

Secrelarij — J. K. Beranek. 

Financial Secretary — Jare^i Ham. 

Treasurer — E. O. 8wain. 



a.verkan legion of honor. 
Washington Council, No. 737. 
Organized September 2()th, 1881. Pres- 
ent membership, 41. Meets second and 
fourth Tues<lays of each month, in 
Daniel Corlett's Hall. Principal officers: 

Commander — Dr. 8. 8. Lytle. 
Secretary — M. J. Lumbard. 



r. .1. S. FRATERNITY. 
Iowa Collegium, No. 4, was organized 
March 31st, 1880, with 21 charter mem- 
bers. Present membership, 52. Meet- 
ings are held on the first Monday night 
of each month, in A. O. U. W. Hall, 
Opera Block. Principal officers now 
are Eugene Hart, K.; .Tared Ham, V. R. 



ROYAL ARCAXIW. 
Organized March 8th, 1881, with 20 
members. Meetings are held in the Odd 



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Fellows new building, on the second and 
fourth Mondays of each month. Follow- 
ing are the names of principal officers: 

Ilegent— Wilton Remley. 
Vice-Regeiit-T>T. C. M. Hobby. 
Secretary—S. Walter Lee. 
Treasurer— A. E. Swisher. 



german societies. 
Belief Association. 
Organized December 4th, 1859. Pres- 
ent membership, 88,-16 of whom are 
charter members. Deaths since organi- 
zation, 17. Capital on hand for charita- 
ble purposes, over $5,000. Meetings are 
held at G. Strub's grocery on the last 
Saturday in every month. Present offi- 
cers: 

Presidents. Engelbrecht. 
Vice-President— Jacob Hotz. 
Treasurer— A. Baschnagle. 
Secretary — H. F. Bonorden. 
Collector— ^iWium Dunkel. 

Maennerchor. 
Organized in August, 1878. Present 
membership, 40. Meet in Baker's Hall, 
corner of Market and Gilbert streets, 
Wednesday and Sunday of each week. 
The present officers are, — 

President — Louis Sandte. 
Secretary — Bt. F. Mueller. 
Treasure! — Gustav Strub. 
Teacher — C. H. Berger. 



BrjHEMIAN SOCIETIES. 
OCHOTNIK LiTERABY SoCIETX 

numbers 30 members. Its meetings are 
held the last Sunday of each month, in 
Baker's Hall. Principal officers : 

President — J. K. Beranek. 
Secordinq Secretary — Vf. J. Calta. 
Financial Secretary — 3. M. B. Letovsky. 
Treasurer — J. B. Letovsky. 

SliOVANSKA LlPSA. 

Organized in 1859, with 11 members. 
Present membership, 42. Meetings are 
held the first Sunday of each month, 
in Baker's HaU. The principal officers 
now are, — 

President — John K. Beranek. 
Recording Secretary — .Joseph Slavata. 
Treasurer — V. Friauf . 



Zastit. 
Organized in 1870. Present member- 
ship, 40. Meetings are held on the 
second Sunday of each month, in Gris- 
sel's Hall. Principal officers now: 

President — U. Nedobity. 
Secretary — A. Spevachek. 
Treasurer — Y. Grissel. 

Oheska Podporujici Obec Society 
was organized in 1881. It numbers 42 
members, and the meetings are held the 
first Sunday of each month, in Baker's 
Hall. Principal officers : 

President — J. Cech. 
Secretary — John Koza. 



romax catholic .vvtual ppotect- 
ite society. 

Iowa City Brakoh, No. 3. 

Organized November 21st, 1879, with 

31 members. Present membership, 68. 

Meet at St. Joseph's Institute, second 

Sunday of each month. Present officers : 

President — Joseph Schultze. 

Secretary and Treasurer — James W. Calta. 



.ST. .TOSEPirS SOCIETY. 

Organized July 20th, 1873. Present 
membership, 41. Meet at Gustav Strub's 
grocery, the last Sunday of each month. 
Present officers: 

President — John Sueppel. 
Secretary — Henry Luelirmann. 
Treasurer — Q\xsta.y Strub. 



STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
Organized in February, 1857. Eegular 
meetings are held on the second Satur- 
day of each month, in the rooms of the 
Society. The building is located on 
Burlington street, between Capitol and 
Clinton, where the regular meetings of 
the society have been held since 1873. 
Nine curators are appointed by the Gov- 
ernor of the State, and nine are elected. 
The rooms are open for visitors Wednes- 
days and Saturdays. 

President — J. L. Pickard. 

Treasurer— D. W. C Clapp. 

Secretary— a. D. Rowe. 

Curator and Librarian — S. C. Trowbridge. 



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COUNTY AND CITY 0FITC1:RS. 

Nnmef of County and City Officers from 
Ihitr of Organiziitinn of Gocernmeitt — 
Time Koch Ins held Office — Our Pio- 
neers — With other Facts, compiled for 
thf. Convenience of those leho luiee de- 
sired a more Compact Means of Refer- 
c»<v than Hitherto Obtainable. 

■HE city government was organ- 
ized April fith, 1853. An elec- 
tion was held, — the administra- 
■ ti.>ii of the first officers (each 
* of whom took the required 
oath) beiiiuiiinc with the date above 
mentioned. The aniivial elections, 
I" 1854-153, were held the first week in 
5 April; from 1864, in accordance -with 
I the provisions of the incorporation 
act, the first Monday in March. The 
first Mayor of Iowa City, Jacob P. De 
Forest, died while in office. The second 
Mayor, Joseph E. Fales, lives in Clarinda, 
Iowa. (i. U. Wooden, the third Mayor, 
lives in SiRourney, Iowa, the wealthiest 
mau ill Keokuk county. John M. Carle- 
ton, Morgan Reno, Geo. W. McCleary, 
F. H. Lee, and G. H. Collins, are dead, — 
the latter died in Omaha, 18S1. Charles 
T. Ransom, Moses J. Morseman, Peter 
A. Dey, (i. W. Clark, J. B. Huttles, Henry 
Morrow, F. Tlieobald, M. Cavanagh, and 
S. E. Paine, are still residents of the city. 
Moses Bloom, Representative of Johnson 
county, 1877-79, is proprietor of the larg- 
est clothing store in Johnson county. 
Jacob Ricord, Mayor for two terms, is 
city Postmaster. William A. Morrison, 
the present incumbent, twice elected, is 
a druggist. 

In 18:^8 the Johnson county govern- 
ment was organized. No official records 
of elections were kept back of 1851, — at 
least none can be found. For much 
information about city and county offices 
we are indebted to Colonel H. C. Trow- 
bridge, first Hlieriir of Johnson county, 
when Iowa was a Territory, — at present 
the obliging Librarian of the State His- 
torical Society. 

Following are complet<? lists of the 
county and the city ofHcers, since the 
flrHt elections: 



COVXTY OFFICERS. 

STATE SENATORS. 

Thomas HuBliPn 1S4B...18»8 

FrciMimii .\lKer Igts. . .ls.'.2 

(ieor«<' 1). t rosthwnit lS-'>-. . .lsr>4 

SnniUfl Wurkman i to fill vacancy) IH-Sl . . . lH."i« 

Samwl J.Kirkwoo.1 18M...18.19 

Section 6, Article XII. of the new con- 
stitution, provides as follows: 

Tin- first oli'Ction umler this < uiiMitution Bhall 
be lielil on tli<> Hwomi Tui'Kilay in Octolii-r. in 
the yc'Hr 1h:i7. at which time the eh'i'torw of the 
State fihull elect the (liiTernor and l.ieutenant- 
(Jovernor. There shall iilco he eh'ilecl at sueli 
electi<»n the Bucci'Msors of such State Senators 
as were elei'teil at the .\ut!U8t election, in tlic 
year |h.V(. anil memhers of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, who shall lie electinl in aceonlance 
with the act of a|>|)ortioninent, enacteil at the 
session of the (ieneral Assemhly. which com- 
menced on the first Monday of December. l>Oii. 

The election of State Senators was, 
therefore, changed in 1857, and the term 
of office of Siimuel J. Kirkwood, then 
Senator, was reduced one year. There- 
after the Senators held office for four 
years, as previous to 1857, but the elec- 
tions were changed to odd instead of 
even years. 

Jesse Howen 1K.MI. . .IWS 

Kzekiel (lark 18lW...l«l;7 

Samuel H. Fairall 18h7... !«,.■> 

EzekielClark 1KT.">...1k7» 

John ('. Shrader ls<». • • 

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL 
ASSEMBLY. 

(i ilman Folsom 1«S2. ■ •"*•'•* 

Samuel H. McCrory IH.VI...IS.1II 

(ieo. 1>. Woodin VM. . . ISw 

In 1857 the Legislature passed an act 
separating the counties of Johnson, 
Iowa, and Poweshiek, leaving Johnson 
county a district of itself, with two 
Representatives,— there having been, be- 
fore that, one elected from each county. 
Following are the names of those elected 
under the new law : 

John Clark lK-.7...1«tl 

Janu-" ( 'avanaKh lH.ii . . . IS.1II 

Uush Clark lM:,»...I)«il 

Ueo. F. Davis l'<.iH...lKtll 

Uush Clark "**'!• •l'"" 

8. H. Fairall lN.il. ..!«« 

U.ibert S. I'inkbine WW- • l""'' 

Warren Simrrier WW.. .IMI.1 

Koberl S. Finkbine IWW- • WJ 

(iilbert K. DeFort-Ht IWr.. . .IH«7 

.John r. Irish "*)I-"*;)! 

J. Y. Hlackwell 1H(1,...1H.«( 

John r. Irish ''"•"■••IS! 

David Stewart 1*11... 1K71 

John r. Irish lSl--15i! 

Geo. Paul 1H71...1k,» 

He«. Paul IS'-lSi; 

JobnUindman uns...W75 



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Rush Clark 1875... 1877 

( 'has. W. McCune 1875. . .1877 

Mosep Bloom 1877 . . .1879 

Geo. Paul 1877... 1879 

Moses Bloom 1879. . .1881 

Lewis R. Wolf 1879. . .1881 

EihvarJ W. Lucas 1881... 

Lewis R. Wolf 1881. . . 

SHERIFF. 

Samuel C. Trowbridge was appointed 
Slierifl' by Henry Dodge, Governor of 
Wisconsin, June, 1838, and was after- 
ward confirmed by the Council at Bur- 
lington. He was re-appointed by Gov- 
ernor Lucas, Territorial Governor of 
Iowa. The organic law was then chang- 
ed, the Legislature providing for the 
election of Sheriffs. On October 5th, 
1840, Samuel O. Trowbridge was elected 
Sheriff. He resigned in September, 1842. 
Walter Butler was elected the same year, 
and served until his death, in February, 
1844. M. P. McCallaster was appointed 
to fill the unexpired term, and, at the 
August election of 1844, he was elected 
Sheriff. In 1846 George Paul was elect- 
ed, and served one year. In 1846 the 
Territory was admitted as a State, and 
the laws were changed, causing another 
election to be held, at which John D. 
Abel was elected to fill the office, and 
re-elected in 1849. 

Rilbert E. DeForest 1851. . .1853 

S. B. Mulh.iUand 1853. ..1855 

Perry Howard 1855. ..1857 

EdKar Harrison 1857. . .1859 

J ohn Wilson 1859. . . 1865 

Samuel McCadden 1865. . .1870 

McCadden died before his last term 
expired, and M. Cavanagh was appoint- 
ed to fill the unexpired term and was 
elected in 1870. 

M. Cavanagh 1870. . .1877 

John Coldren 1877... 

CLERKS OF THE DISTRICT COURT. 

This office was filled by appointment 
of the District Judge, and also that of 
Clerk of County Commissioners. The 
Probate Judge was his own Clerk, there 
being no provision made for him. The 
Probate Judgeship and the County Com- 
missioners were merged into one in 1851, 
and the office given the title of County 
Judge. 

Samuel J. Hess 1852... 1856 

T. Batchellor 1856. . .1860 

Henry E. Brown 1860. . .1862 



Thomas J. Cox 18B2. . .1864 

John C. Culbertson 1864. ..1866 

F. H. Lee 1866... 1868 

Benjamin King 1868. . .1870 

J. I'. Switzer 1870. . . 1874 

Geo. W. Koontz 1874... 1880 

Stephen Bradley 1880. . . 

TREASURER. 

Samuel Workman 1851 . . .1853 

K. B. Gardner 1853. . .1855 

Thomas Hughes 1855. . .1859 

Jacob ({. Sperry 1859. . .1863 

J. W. Deacon 1863... 

Deacon died in the year of his election, 
and Thomas M. Banbury was appointed 
to fill the vacancy until the election of 
1864, when A. C. Younkin was elected to 
fill the unexpired term. The Treasurer 
did the work of the Recorder in connec- 
tion with his own up to 1864, when the 
Legislature passed an act establishing 
the office of County Recorder. The 
election of Treasurer was fixed for odd 
years and of Recorder for even years. 

A. C. Younkin 18f54. . .1869 

A. J. Hershire 1869... 1873 

Lovell Swisher 1873. . . 1877 

Charles M. Keno 1877 ... 1881 

Hugh McGovern 1881. . . 

RECORDER. 

John B. Lee 1864. . .1866 

J. S. Lodge 1866. . . 1870 

William J. Huff 1870. ..1872 

George W. Hand 1872. . .1876 

Alexander L. Sorter 1876. . . 

AUDITOR. 

The office of County Auditor was filled 

by James Cavanagh (then County Judge) 

from the time that the office was created, 

—April 7th, 1868, by an act of the Twelfth 

General Assembly, — up to 1869, when 

Mr. Palmer was elected to fill the office, 

and the office of County Judge was 

abolished. 

Garrett D. Palmer 1869. . .1875 

A. J. Hershire 1875... 1879 

Arthur Medowell 1879. . . 

SURVEYOR. 

Cyrus Sanders 1851. . .1855 

Edward Worden 1855. . .18.57 

Cyrus Sanders 1857.. .1859 

D. J. Davis 18.59. . .1861 

James Dawson 1861... 1863 

E. B. Cowgill 1863... 1865 

Daniel A. Shafer 1865. ..1867 

Edward W..rd,.n 1867. . .1869 

Christian Hess 1869... 1871 

Edward Worden 1871. . .1875 

H. N. Berry 1875. . .1877 

Charles P.Bacon 1877. ..1879 

Daniel A. Shafer 1879. . .1881 

Edward Worden 1881. . . 

CORONBR. 

Daniel 8. Warren 1851. . .1853 

Michael Seydell 1853... 1855 



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F.TliompBon 1855... 1857 

(•linrl.B McGovem 1857... 1859 

John West lKia...lS81 

V. Lloyd 1861 .. . wa 

Hi.nj.iminDwim 1KIW...1HH5 

O. 8t.irtsm.in 18(15... 1««7 

( '. A. Vot't 18«7 . . . WW 

K. W. Price 1N69...1K71 

It. V. (iniham 1H71. . .1K7.S 

llonrv Murray 1873. . . 1K77 

F. MuelliT 1879... 

The first order drawn on the county 
funds was for the sum of iJ-lS.lK), and 
issued by Luke Douglass, June 20th, 
1839, in favor of S. C. Trowbridge. It is 
still preserved in the State Historical 
rooms. 

At the first county eh-ction, liehl at 
Napoleon, Seiitembcr lOth, IWS, not over 
thirty-eifiht votes were east. The follow- 
ing named persons, the candidates for 
the diflereut ofKcea, received all but one 
or two of the votes: 

Coiinfy Conimixi'ioneri—Henry Felkner, Ab- 
ner Wolcott, and William Stursi'S. 

County /("fco/v/f/-— Isaiah I', ilanlilton. 

JitHCimor—^. B. MullioUand. 

f'oiijifa*/?*— Poter ('rum, William C. Massey. 



rirv OFFICEltS. 

MAYORS. 

Jacob P. Up Forest 1813. . .1S.'.4 

Jo80|ih !•:. FaU-s lH-">4 . . . 1S.55 

(}. 1). Wooden lH.'i.'i. . . iJOfi 

John M. Carleton 1X.W. . .1857 

MorKan Reno 18.17. . .1858 

( 'liarles T. Uansom 18,58. . .18.59 

M ortCB J . Morw-man 18.59. . . 18H0 

Peter A. Uey 18H(). . . IHIil 

()(H>r({e W. Clark 18«1 . . .1KH2 

Oilman H. ( 'oUins 18(K. . . 18IS3 

J. ii. Unities 18t);t...lHiU 

OeorKw W. Mcineary 18(14. . .18«9 

V. H. Lee 18(19. ..1871 

Htcnhen E. Paine 1871. ..1874 

MoMw Bloom 1874... 1875 

Jacob Kicord 1875... 187(1 

Hiuiry Mitrrow 187B. . .IK77 

Krmlerick Theobald 1877... 1878 

Jacob ltimr.1 187M. . . 1879 

MttI thew ( 'avanawh 1879. . . 1M8I) 

William A. Morrison 1880... 

TREASURERS. 

C. H. Buck 18.5.1... 18.V. 

Jacob lliconl 1855. . .1k:.7 

Silas Foster 1857 . . . 1K.5H 

J.wse Berry ItCiH. . . Ik:,9 

Benjamin Kins lK.-,«. . .1>M11 

U. II. Hylvester iwll . . . IHIU 

Henry Mnrray 18IV4 . . . 1M15 

Hamnel P. McCadden lsil5. ..IWIH 

William Louis I«t8. . .1K70 

Thomas W. KoKers 1870. . .1K72 

John H.'mick 1871! 

J. A. L. Tiee lappoinUHl* 1872. ..1873 

J. Norwood ( lark 187:1. . .1«71 

John N. ( oldron 1874- ■ ■ 1X75 

John Huejipel 1875. . .1H77 

Charles M. Ueno 1X77 

C. A. V<iKl do fill Tucnncy) 1877. ..187M 

H. 11. HiMilny 1878. . . 1881 

Den nia Haher 1881 .. . 



CITY CLERKS. 

Anson Hart 18.5S. . .IKil 

M. J.Talbott 1854... laiS 

J . (i. Sperry 1K55. . .18.57 

H. E. Drown lK;i7.. .18,59 

M. J.Talbotl lK.5»...18(i<) 

Samuel P. McCadden IxtiO. . . 1803 

J ohn Martin WW 

A.J. Ca,ssidy (to fill vacancy! 1863. ..18IU 

C.F.Clark 1884... 1H66 

John P.Irish (to fill vacancy) IWW 

H. N. Berry lNlVx...iK69 

Thomas lIuKhes 1889... 1873 

John II. (Jriffith 1X73. . .1875 

C. F. Clark 1875. .. 1877 

Jo.sei.h Mullin 1877. . .1878 

Thomas HuKhi-s 1878... 1881 

H. D. Uowe 1881... 

AliDEBMEN. 
FIBST W.^KD. 

E.G. Fracker 1880.. .1882 

Benjamin Owen 1881... 1^3 

SECOND W.\RD. 

N. H. Brainerd 1880.. .1882 

J.J. Holmes 1881.. .1888 

THIBD WARD. 

A. J. Rider 1880.. .1882 

H. F. Bonorden 1881. . .1888 

FOCBTB WABD. 

E. F. Clapp 1880... 1882 

J. B. LetoTsky 1881. ..1888 

FIFTB WARD. 

Frank Tanner 1880.. .1882 

Geo. W. Ball 18S1...1883 

FIRE DEPARTMENT. 

Chi^f-K. B. Crce. 
Fir9l Atnintant — James Brennan. 
Seconil AJ<>iM(llit—E. B. Thomson. 
BESCDE BOOK ASI) LVDDEB. 

Foreman— K. E. Brainerd. 

PBOTECTION ENGINE. 

Foreman— L. I). Porch. 

PBOTECTIt>N UOSE. 

/'or^HiflH — Frank Tyler. 

CLARK ENdlNE. 

Foreman— ¥. K. Stcbbins. 

OLABK nosE. 
Foreman— E. A. Comstock. 

EVER READY. 

^'orfmuii— Milton Hoas. 



om PIONEEns. 
Old settlers of the county still living: 

1M7. 

Ccd. S. C.Trowbridge, 



Philip Clark. 
Henry Earhart, 

James Buchanan, 
tin>en Hill, 
Joseph McGnider, 
Asby D. Packard 



Joseph Walker. 

1838. 

Mrs. Rjdston, 
Benjamin Hitter, 
J. Y. Stover. 
Jeremiah Stover, 



Dnviil Switzer. 
On the first of .Tune, 18,38, Johnson 
oouuty (jontained 237 inhabitants. 



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BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES. 

Life Histories of Prominent Men of City 
and Couniy — Theodore S. Parein — Eze- 
kiel Clark — George J. Boat — Samuel H. 
Fairall — John W. Porte) — Oeorge Paul 

— John Coldren — Hugh McOonern — 
Alexander L. Sorter — Stephen Bradley 

— James P. Hartsoek — James H. C. 
WilsuH — John Seydell and others. 

Tliere are moments of life that we never forget, 
Which brighten, and brighten, as time steals 
away ; 
They give a new charm to the happiest lot. 
And they shine on the gloom of the loneliest 
day- -./. G. Perciml. 

'HOEVER takes the Souvenir 
in hand for criticism, should 
at least be fair. Let him 
remember that "sweet philos- 
ophy" which sees some good 
in everything. We do not claim to 
be the first discoverers of merit in 
§ onr citizens, — the worth of many is 
J long since known; yet, according with 
I, Pope, — that he who waits for praise 
"till all commend" receives little, and 
believing that "faint praise" is bad 
praise, — we have been guided by our own 
convictions, thinking that they who 

By their deeds will make it known 
Whose dignity they do sustain: 
And life, state, glory, all they gain, 
t^ount the republic's, not their own. 

These life histories are not the "hasty 
product of a day," — it has taken weeks 
to prepare the matter, and long years of 
experience have made for some of these 
men " well-ripened fruit " for the biog- 
rapher. They who recount these achieve- 
ments have added much to their own 
pleasure; who will say "cuibono," when 
they consider that the lives of many 
who have made fame have left on the 
records acts of less significance ? 

Theodore S. Pakvin, A.M., LL.D., 

Grand Secretary of the Granrl Lorlqe of Iowa, 

A. F. and A. if. ; Grand Recorder oj the 

Gtand Encampment Knighfg^ 

Templar. U. S. A. 

So intimately is the life of otir distin- 
guished citizen interwoven with the great 
fraternit}' whose links unite in brother- 
hood all the nations of mankind, that a 
sketch of his life, which would not in- 



clude the salient points of his Masonic 
career, would be indeed incomplete and 
unsatisfactory. To particularize. Low- 
ever interesting the task might be to the 
biographer, and however pleasant the 
reading of such a sketch, would expand 
this article beyond the limits of this 
volume. Unwillingly, then, we confine 
ourselves to a bare recital of leading facts. 

Theodore Sutton Parvin was born Jan- 
uary 15th, 1817, in Cumberland county. 
New Jersey. His early training fell 
principally to his mother, a devoted 
Christian lady, — his father, who for many 
years was the commander of a sailing 
vessel, being, during the early life of his 
son, much away from home. 

In November, 1829, his father removed 
to Cincinnati, accompanied by his son 
Theodore, who soon entered Woodward 
College, and, a close student, he soon 
distanced all competitors. He had an 
especial aptness for mathematics, and 
this natural taste was early developed. 
He graduated from Woodward College 
in 1835, — having successfully passed 
through the collegiate course, — and 
commenced studying law with the Hon. 
Timothy Walker. He united the bene- 
fits of office study with the more illustra- 
tive teachings of school, and graduated 
from the Cincinnati Law School in 1887. 
He commenced practice immediately, 
and March 11th, 1838, his Masonic career 
began, — on that day the first degree in 
Masonry being conferred on him, in Nova 
Csesarea Lodge, No. 2, of Cincinnati. He 
was raised to Master Mason on the 9th 
day of May following. Shortly after 
this, Hon. Bol)ert Lucas, who had been 
Governor of Ohio, was appomted, by 
President Van Buren, Governor of the 
Territory of Iowa, and he tendered to 
Mr. Parvin the post of private secretary. 
The position was accepted, and Mr. Par- 
vin accompanied the Governor to Bur- 
lington, then the capital. He held his 
position until appointed to the higher 
one of Prosecuting Attorney for one of 
the three districts into which Iowa was 
then divided, and took up his residence 
in Muscatine, then known as Blooming- 
ton. WhUe in Burlington, in 1840, he. 



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with others, obtained from the Grand 
Master of Masons of Missouri a dispen- 
sation, dated November 20th, for Bur- 
linRton Lodge, No. 41, afterwards known 
in the register of the (jrand Lodge of 
Iowa as Des Moines Lodge, No. 1. He 
was appointed Junior Deacon of this 
Lodge, bvit withdrew from its uiember- 
sliip in Fi'liriiary, IKll, to assist in form- 
ing Iowa Lodge, No. i'2, at Bloomington, 
in which he still holds his membership, 
being the only survivor of the charter 
members. At the end of two years he 
resigned the position of Proseouting At- 
torney, and was elected, for three consec- 
utive terms, Judge of the Probate Court. 
When the United States District Court 
for Iowa was organized, he was ap- 
pointed its clerk, a position which he 
held until 1858 — eleven years. 

During these years his Masonic career 
was riijcning and developing. He was 
elected Worshipful Master of Iowa 
Lodge, No. 2, and represented that Lodge 
in the (Jrand Lodge of Missouri in 1842 
and 184;^, and in the convention that 
organized the Grand Lodge of Iowa in 
January, 1844, at which time he was 
elected Grand Secretary, which position 
he has ever since tilled, save during the 
time he held the otlice o( Grand Master. 
Practically he did tlie duties of Grand 
Secretary for the year he was Grand 
Master, as the (Jrand Secretary was un- 
able, through an affection of the eyes, to 
perform most of the duties of that office. 

In 18o7 Judge Parvin was elected 
Register of the State Land Ollice, and 
soon after resigned his clerkship in the 
United States Conrt. 

In IS.W, when the initiatory steps were 
taken for the re-organization of the State 
University, the Legislature, recognizing 
the value of his counsel in educati<mal 
affairs,— which had been shown during 
his presidency of the Miiscatiiie school 
board, where he had brought order out 
of chaos, — elected him as one of the 
Trustees of the institution. This office 
he resigned upon his election as Curator 
and Librarian. Near the close of 1861 he 
became Professor of Natural History, 
and held that chair for seven yeare. 



During his University career, Prof. 

Parvin filled various chairs, and in all 
distinguished himself by his abilities 
and varied fund of valuable information, 
which honored any chair that he occu- 
pied. During the year 1871) Professor 
Parvin filled the chair of History in the 
University, when his connection with 
that institution was severed by the abo- 
htion of that chair, since which time he 
has devoted himself to Masonry alone. 
As Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, 
he has founded and built up one of the 
largest and best Masonic libraries in 
the worlil, and his office and library are 
much visited by strangers and others. 

Professor Parvin was (irand Orator of 
the JIasonic Grand Lodge of Iowa in 
1863, and wrote the reports on correspon- 
dence for ten or twelve years. He also 
appeared in the Grand Lodge of Iowa as 
the representative of tlu' (irand Lodges 
of New Jer.sr-y, Ohio, and Missouri. 
Prof. Parvin took the Chapter degrees in 
Masonry in 1843. In the Chapter at 
Muscatine, which he was prominent in 
establishing, he filled all the places of 
honor, and was elected first High Priest. 

At the first convocation of the CJrand 
Chapter, held in Mt. Pleasant in 1854, 
he was elected (Jrand High Priest. He 
represented the (^rand Chapter in the 
General (Jrand Chapter of the United 
States for 18.")6 and subseiiuent years. 

In council Masonry, as in other 
branches, he has been an active worker. 
In January, 18,')5, Prof. Parvin received 
the Commandery degrees from the late 
Sir J. V. Z. Hlaiiey, then the Commander 
of .\piill() Coniniaudery, Chicago. In 
that body he has since been elected an 
honorary member. After being knighted 
in Apollo Commandery, he returned to 
Iowa, and was granted, after the usual 
formalities, a dispensation, and De Molny 
Commandery, No. 1, at Muscatine was 
establislicd. Of that Commandery he 
was for several years the Emiuent Com- 
mander. 

In 18()4 the Grand Commandery of the 
State of Iowa was formed, ami he was 
elected the first Grand C-ommander, and 
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1871 he was first elected Grand Recorder 
of the national body. 

Prof. Parvin was admitted into Scot- 
tish Rite Masonry in 18.59, and in that 
year received from the hands of Sover- 
eign Grand Commander Pike all the 
degrees of the rite up to and including 
the thirty-third. At a special session of 
the Supreme Council held that year in 
Chicago, he was elected a member of 
that body, and intrusted with the baton 
of active Sovereign Grand Inspector 
General for Iowa. In 1867 he introduced 
the rite into Iowa, and established bodies 
at Keokuk, Des Moines, Davenport, Du- 
buque, and subsequently at Lyons. In 
June, 1868, he presided over the conven- 
tion at Des Moines, at which was estab- 
lished the Grand Consistory of Iowa, a 
body which, in 1874, surrendered its 
charter to the Supreme Council. He 
represented the rite in Iowa at the Su- 
preme Councils held in Charleston and 
St. Louis in 1868, and at Louisville in 
1872. He was elected Grand Chamber- 
lain of the Supreme Council in 1870, its 
Grand Minister of State in 1872, and in 
1870 was appointed by the Supreme 
Council of England and Wales its repre- 
sentative near the Supreme Council for 
the Southern Jurisdiction of the United 
States. 

In 1859-60, while residing at Muscatine, 
he edited the Western Frcemnmii; and, 
in 1871-2, the Evergreen, published at 
Davenport. After the suspension of the 
latter journal, he took charge of the Iowa 
department of the St. Louis Freemason, 
which he continued until it was changed 
into the Yoiee of Maitcmry. Besides these 
editorial labors, he has contributed many 
valual)le articles to Masonic periodicals, 
and in this as well as other departments 
of literature and Masonry, has honored 
the fraternity and his country. 

In May, 1843, Prof. Parvin was married 
to Miss Agnes McCully, and six children 
have hallowed the union. The eldest 
daughter was one of the first three ladies 
to take the degree of A.B. in the State 
University. 

Prof. Parvin united with the Presby- 
terian church in 1850, and has ever since 
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been a respected and useful member of 
that body. 



John W. Porteb 

[Portrait, Page 52.] 

Mr. Porter, second son of Kimball and 
Mary Porter, was born April 26th, 18,39, 
in Wooster, Wayne county, Oliio. His 
father was one of the proprietors of the 
Western Stage Company, which was 
transferred from Ohio to Iowa in 1854. 
Mr. Kimball Porter moved to this city in 
1855. The subject of this sketch imme- 
diately entered the University, wliich 
then occupied the building now used by 
Mercy Hospital. He attended the insti- 
tution until it closed in 1857, when he 
went to Bethany, West Virginia, where 
he graduated in several departments. 
He was there at the beginning of the war 
in 1861. He returned home in that year, 
and entered the State Univer.sity, remain- 
ing but a short time, when he entered 
the army, enlisting as first Lieutenant 
of Company F of the 22d Regiment of 
Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Shortly after 
enlisting, sickness in the family com- 
pelled him to return home. He suc- 
ceeded his father in the stage business, 
carrying it on from 186.3 to 1870. March 
18th, 1868, he started in the lumber Ijusi- 
ness with Capt. J. A. L. Tice, the firm 1 
name being Porter & Tice, and continu- [ 
ing so until 1870, when Mr. Porter pur- 
chased the interest of Capt. Tice, and. 
until 1874, conducted the business him- 
self. In 1874 he formed a partnership 
with P. M. Musser, consolidating the old 
firm of Musser & Co. under the firm 
name of Musser & Porter. This parter- 
ship continued until 1878, when Mr. 
Porter bought his partner's interest in 
the business, and has since conducted 
it himself. 

Mr. Porter was one of the directors of 
the State Agricultural Society for a 
term of two years, and was elected its 
President in January, 1881. He is also 
President of the Inter-State Association 
of the Boards of Agriculture, which was 
organized at Chicago, November 9th, 
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Association of Lumber Dealers, 1878-79, 
the principal offices of which are located 
in Chicago. This has kfowti to be the 
most successful trade orj^ranization in the 
world. Mr. Porter is still a director. 

Mr. Porter's interest in educational 
affairs is attest<Hl by the fact that lie has 
been a member of our School Board for 
ten years, and was School Treasurer for 
a term of four years.- 

He was married March 4th, 18G3, to 
Miss Louisa Morseman, and four ot their 
six children are livintr. 

In all puljlic affairs Mr. Porter has 
taken active intercut, and he is a leader 
ill all enterprises which can possibly be 
of benefit to the city or any class of its 
residents. Generous and willing to 
assist in good undertakings, his encour- 
agement and liberal assistance have 
made his presence a power in the city 
and State, and a veritable blessing to 
strugghng enterprises and individuals. 

Gbobge J. BOAL, 

Atlortietj (It Law. 

George J. Boal was born in Center 
county, Pennsylvania, October 4th, 1835, — 
the son of George and Nannie Boal. He 
came to Iowa City in November, 1857, 
and was admitte.l to the bar and com- 
menced practice here iu January, 1859. 
He was married in tliis city, .Vugust 'Jlst, 
18(il, to Mattie A. Buttles, daughter of 
Joseph Buttles. Two of their five chil- 
dren are living. 

Mr. Boal has gained a wide and lucra- 
tive practice l)y his natural ability, legal 
talents, and his success as an attorney, 
and his opinions are, conscciuently, 
received with deference in all the courts 
of the country. 

Hon. Saudel H. Fairall. 
This distinguished lawyer was born in 
.Mlcghany county, Maryland, June Ulst, 
\KVt, and graduated at Washington Col- 
lege, Washington county, Pennsylvania, 
June '2(>th,' 1855. He camo to Iowa City 
October Ist of the same year, and was 
admitted to the bar October 22d of the 
following year. He has been engaged in 



active practice here ever since, and has 
tried cases in all courts from that of a 
justice of the peace to the Supreme 
Court of the United States. In 18G1 he 
was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives, from Johnson ccuinty, and before 
the expiration of his term he was elected 
and served two years as a member of the 
Board of Supervisors of the county. In 
1807 he was elected to the State Senate. 
In 18()8 he was a delegate to the National 
Democratic Convention. In 1871 he was 
elected Senator, defeating Hon. S. ,T. 
Kirkwood. At the expiration of his 
term, in 1874, he retired from active poli- 
tics, and has since devoted his time to 
his large practice. 

Mr. Fairall was married to Miss Ellen 
Workman in 1856. 

In all public enterprises Mr. Fairall 
has taken an active part, and has always 
given his time and energy to the upbuild- 
ing of tlie city. 

Osmond D. Goodrich, 

Propriffor of tfif Patticf Hotel. 
[Portrait, Page 52.J 

Mr. Goodrich was born in Oneida 
county. New York, July 'i.")th, 18;i8. He 
served fiair years in the Union army, in 
Company K, 11th Iowa Volunteers, un- 
der Col. Hare of Muscatine, Col. Hall, 
Major Cronway, and Capt. Marvin. He 
was, during most of this time, in the 
secret service, and was eraphiyed at 
stations in Memphis, Little Rock, and 
Savannah, Georgia. 

After the war, Mr. Goodrich went into 
the dry goods Inisiness, at Springfield, 
Ohio; but in a year and a half he aban- 
doned this, and went on the road as 
commercial traveler, which calling he 
followed for eleven years. 

Mr. Goodrich was married in 1873 to 
Miss Bowersock, of West Liberty, where, 
until 18K(), be made his home. 

In IKHd ho took charge of the Hise 
Hiiuse located there; but he was soon 
attracted by greater inducements offered 
in Iowa City, and, the same year, he 
re-oi)ened the old Pinney House. The 
house was not only re-named upon Mr. 
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it was entirely remodeled from garret to 
cellar. By his painstaking efforts to 
please, he has gained many respectable 
patrons for the house. No holiday 
passes unmarked by good cheer in the 
calendar of the "Palace," and the best 
proof of the popularity of " Mine Host " 
G. and his viands is this: When 

" The chiming clocks to dinner call, 
A hundred footsteps scrape the dinhig hall." 



Capt. Benjamin Owen 

was born in Salem, Columbiana county, 
Ohio, June 25th, 1825. When sixteen 
years of age, he was apprenticed to a 
blacksmith, and served over three years 
at that trade, at the end of which he left 
his native town, and started West, travel- 
ling slowly through Ohio and Illinois, 
working at his trade. In 1852 he crossed 
the plains to California, with an ox team, 
and after being eugaged in various 
employments, he left San Francisco, by 
sea, for New York, from whence he re- 
turned to Salem, Ohio. June 11th, 1857, 
he was married to Miss Jennette Hencil- 
wood, of Ealsworth township, Mahoning 
county, Ohio, and immediately started 
for Iowa City. He went to work at his 
trade as soou as he reached Iowa City, 
which he followed until 1860, when he 
went to Pike's Peak, under the influence 
of the gold fever. He made the trip in 
thirty days, with an team. He returned 
in the fall of the same year. In 1861 he 
enlisted in Company H, 2d Iowa Cav- 
alry, which went into camp at Daven- 
port, where an election of ofiicers was 
held, and he was promoted from the 
ranks to the position of Company Quar- 
termaster Sergeant. Soon after, a va- 
cancy occurring, he was made second 
Lieutenant. He was with the company 
in the field, and was wounded while in 
the line of battle, making a charge on a 
rebel battery at Farmington, Mississippi. 
He was taken prisoner, and conveyed to 
Corinth, where he was placed in the hos- 
pital. After nine days, during which he 
had but little care, he was transferred to 
Oxford, Mississippi, where his wound 
was dressed. After undergoing many 



hardships in rebel prisons and rebel 
gunboats, he was eventually exchanged, 
and returned to Iowa City. In 1864 he 
organized a company of hundred-days 
men in Davenport, and was elected Cap- 
tain ; and, although he was obliged to go 
on crutches, he was with his men until 
they were discharged. Returning to 
Iowa City, he settled here permanently 
and has filled many oflBces of trust, being 
Postmaster from 1876 to 1880, and is now 
a member of the City Council. 

John Coldren, 

Sheriff of Johnson Count;/. 

[Portrait, Page .52.] 

The subject of this sketch is the 
youngest of the children of Abraham 
and Anna Coldren. He was born in 
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 4th, 
1839. In 1853 he left the paternal roof 
and entered a store iu Rossville, in his 
native county. Here he remained for 
three years, emigrating, at the expiration 
of that time, to Summit county, Ohio, 
where he engaged with a farmer. A year 
and a half on the farm was succeeded by 
six months in a dry goods store in 
Akron. He then returned home, and 
settled in Eniihrata, where he remained 
for two years. He eventually entered 
the grocery business for himself, in the 
town of Rossville, but not meeting with 
the success he had anticipated, he moved 
to Ohio in 1865. In May, 1865, he came 
to Iowa City, and resided iu the city one 
year. In the spring of 1867 he moved to 
Union township, and remained there 
until 1874. While engaged in the stock 
business he was elected President of the 
Johnson' County Agricultural Society. 
He was also the first President of the 
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company of 
Union township. During 1875 he re- 
sided in this city. After several more 
years of farming, he was elected, at the 
October election of 1876, Sheriff of the 
county, — a position he has ever since 
filled.' 

Mr. Coldren was married March 26th, 
1868, to Mary Olive Stevens. His re- 
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ity, and those who know him do not 
wonder at it. 

Alexander L. Sorter, 

County Uti'ftrilfr. 
[Portrait, Puce 52.) 

Mr. Sorter was born in Cnynhopra 
county, Oliio, December 2'2d, lKi2. At 
the age of twenty he enlisted for three 
months in Company I, 54th Indiana 
regiment. He was soon pushed to the 
"front of action," and he remained in 
this service for six months. He then re- 
turned to Ohio, and enlisteil in the 20th 
Ohio Artillery, where he served until 
the end of the war. After his discharge 
he came to Iowa, 18fio, and began work 
on his father's farm. In about three 
years, however, he concluded to purchase 
a farm of his own, and he did so, follow- 
ing the occupation for two years. After 
this he removed to Iowa City, and 
entered the grocery business, continuing 
in this until 1875, when he engaged in 
grain buying at Oxford. In 1875 he was 
elected County Recorder, re-elected in 
1877, and again elected in 1879. 

In the county elections Mr. Sorter has 
received larger majorities than any other 
candidate ever elected to the office in 
this county. In 1878 his majority was 
728 votes,— something over a hundred 
more than any other man on the ticket 
received. 

In politics, Mr. Sorter is not "rabid," 
and in business he performs his duties 
and obligations faitlifiilly ami well,— 
these, with his pleasant address and 
sociable dis[>o8ition, are the true secrets 
of his popularity. 

Oeoroe HrsiMER 
was bom May 5th, 1841, in Burlington, 
Iowa, and is the only son of Andrew ami 
Catherine Hummer. He was left an 
orphan when seven years of age, and 
coming to Sharon township, .Toiinson 
county, he lived witli an uncle until 1K54, 
when he retarni'd to Hurlington and re- 
mained there until 18()ll. He then came 
to Iowa City, where he was first employed 
as a olerk, and afterward owned a retail 



grocery. He was married to Mary Helen 

Eider, in this city, August 14th, 18(*)8. 

Mr. Hummer's large wholesale grocery 
house is now on a footing with anything 
of the kind west of the Mississippi, and 
is a monument to his business enter- 
prise. 

George T. Borland, 

was born in Evans, Erie county. New 
York, May 27th, 1852. His parents re- 
mox-ing to this city in November, 18.55, 
he attended the ward schools, and later 
the State University. He was married 
on the 5th of .\pril, 1881, to Miss Smith, 
of this city. 

Mr. Borland is widely known as a 
breeder of fine cattle, and is the owner of 
one of the finest farms in Johnson 
county, situated about a mile southeast 
of the city. He is also the President of 
the Johnson County Agricultural and 
Mechanical Society. 

John Setdel. 

(Portnut. Page 52.) 
John Seydel is the eldest of the chil- 
dren of J. M. and Nancy Seydel, and 
was born in this city, January IGth, 1852. 
When thirteen years of age he entered 
his father's grocery store on the present 
site of Shrader's drug store. He remain- 
ed with his fatlier until nineteen years of 
age, when he entered the store of John 
Wilde, as head grocery clerk. After 
tilling this position to the satisfacticm of 
his emi)loyer, he was ailvanccd to the 
dry goods department. Three years 
after entering the store, he was made 
head clerk of that de|>artment, a position 
of trust of which he was worthy. He be- 
came at the same time a buyer for the 
house. He continue<l in the employ of 
Mr. Wilde until 1875, when he moved to 
a large farm which he had purchased, in 
Fremont township. After tilling the 
soil for a year, he sold otit, moved t<> the 
city, and purchasing his father's stock of 
groceries, entered tlie business for him- 
self. His success wss assured from the 
first, and he has gradually built up un 
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his sales now amounting to |60,000 an- 
nually. 

Blr. Seydel was married to Miss Evan- 
geUne S. King, of Fremont township, 
Johnson county, December 25th, 1875, 
and their union has been blessed by two 
bright boys. As a man, he is pleasant 
and courteous; in business, able and 
intelligent; and his large custom and 
many friends are the best evidences of 
his popularity. 

Capt. AiFBED B. Cbee. 

[Portrait, Page 52.] 

Capt. Cree was born in Perry county, 
Pennsylvania, February 22d, 1831. Until 
sixteen years of age, his life was spent 
here, when (m 1847) he went to Carlisle, 
Pa., and learned the trade of cabinet- 
making. He worked there and in other 
places, at his trade, until 1855, when he 
moved to Muscatine, Iowa. In 1856 he 
came to this city, and in 1858 began 
working for J. W. Nixon. In 1860 he 
commenced business for himself, and 
continued it until August, 1862, when he 
enlisted in Company P, 22d Iowa Infan- 
try, as a private. He was soon after 
made Captain of his company, and he 
served in that capacity until the close 
of the war — 1865. He was with Grant 
at Vicksburg, and with Slieridan during 
his campaign. Captain Cree liad com- 
mand of his regiment in the Red river 
expedition, and the responsible duties of 
the trust were performed in a satisfac- 
tory manner. 

Returning to Iowa City in 1865, he re- 
entered the furniture store of Mr. Nixon- 
He remained in that establishment until 
1881, when he became a member of the 
firm of Hohenschuh, Cree & Lee, pro- 
prietors of the largest furniture store in 
the city, occupying Mr. Marquardt's new 
brick building on College street. 

Capt. Cree has been elected a member 
of the City Council three times; has 
been Chief of the Fire Department four 
years; in 1880 he was elected a Vice- 
President of the State Firemen's Asso- 
ciation, and in 1881 was re-elected. He 
was married to Miss Mattie Smith, of 
this city, in September, 1860. 



Frank Tannbb. 

[Portrait, Page 52.] 

Mr. Tanner was born in the city of 
New York, August 19th, 1850, and came 
to Iowa City in September, 1865. He 
was married in Fremont township, John- 
son county, in September, 1870, and has 
resided continuously in this city since 
that time. He took charge of the mill 
of which he is still proprietor, in 1878, 
and by keeping abreast of the times in 
the way of improvements, etc., he has 
gained a reputation worth having. 

Mr. Tanner represents the Fifth Ward 
in the City Council. 

James H. C. Wilson 
is the eldest son of John and Rebecca 
Wilson, and was born in Mercersville, 
Franklin county, Pennsylvania, August 
21st, 1845. He came to Iowa City with 
his parents in 1856. He worked in a 
printing office in this city and assisted 
his father in the SheriiT's office. During 
the war he served as second Lieutenant 
of Company K of the 44th Iowa Infantry, 
and was appointed aid-de-camp on the 
staff of Gov. C. C. Carpenter, with the 
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of Cavalry. 

Mr. Wilson has always taken an ac- 
tive part in politics, and was a long time 
chairman of the Republican County 
Central Committee, and was also a mem- 
ber of the State Central Committee. He 
has occupied responsible positions in the 
Interior Department, TJ. S. Senate, and 
Internal Revenue service. In 1871 he 
became one of the editors and proprie- 
tors of the Iowa City EepubUcan, and for 
nine years was editorially connected with 
that paper, — the hist tliree and a half 
years as managing editor of tlie daily 
Repuhlirun, which was estalilished by 
Pryce & Wilson. 

Mr. Wilson was married in Washing- 
ton, D. C, in 1872. to Miss Oadie Mc- 
Keever, who died in that city in 1876. 

Toward tlie close of 1881, Mr. Wilson 
was chosen Resolution and Petition Clerk 
of the House of Representatives, which 
position he still occupies. As a recog- 
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lii^'lily satisfactory, and in the minds of 
those who know liim there is no doubt 
that he will fill it acceptably and well, 
and retlect credit upon bis city and State. 

James Kcsh Hartsock, 

Firtt Tfichfr of Ihf Firni School in lown—FlrM 
.Watoii m'idt in I /if Firtl Mtuonic Lvlgt of 
lowd — Ptixt (irand Manlfr of Iht Grand 
Lotlf/f, Pa/tt firand Hiqfi Prif^f of the Grand 
( ha'ptrr^ and Pasf Grand Commander of the 
Granfl Vtt/ninaiiderij : Iowa Manonic Jtodien 
— Clfij Pout ina^tfr for Xtne Vearti— Former 
Proprietor of the SI. Jamen Hotel JiiiilJinq. 

[Portrait, Page 52. J 

JNIr. Hartsock was Ixirn in Washington 
county, Pennsylvania, May loth, 1818, 
ami was the youngest of five brothers. 
In liis twentieth year he started West, 
and arrived at the city of Hurlington, 
Wisconsin Territorv (now Iowa), May 
.•"itli, 18;W. He settled in Iowa City, 
December, 1842. Of his ancestors on his 
father's side we have but few frafiment- 
ary chronicles (written in German); suf- 
ficient these are, liowever, to ])oint to 
the " Fatherland." We find that his 
t'reat-^randfathi'r, Frederick Herzoj;, was 
born iu 17123; and Henry, his son. strand- 
father of James, was born iu 174!), in or 
near the city or fortress of /\'(/il, on the 
River Rhine, in the Grand Duchy of 
Uaden, Germany, opposite the city of 
Strasbur^f, France. Henry, and liis fath- 
er Frederick, and two eliler brotliers 
(.\Mdrcw and Stephen), cmi^jrateil to 
America in 17.W, anil setthd in the valley 
of Poipiistion creek, near I'hiladelpliia, 
Pa. At the close of the Revolutionary 
war, in which Henry had enlisted as a 
soldier, he founil that liis name had been 
entered on the rolls as Henry Hartsock, 
and consetjueutly he could only draw 
his bounty and land warrant from the 
government in that name; hence the 
name was changed from Herzotr to Hart- 
sock. Hi' then emi),'rated, witli his fam- 
ily to Washinjjton county, Pa. It was 
here James' father was l)orM, .lune 14th, 
178)1. In 1807, he married Miss Amy 
Rush, a niece of the celebr.ited Dr. Ren- 
janiin Rnsh, one of tlu- si(,'ners of the 
Declaration of [ndipi'iulcnce. She was 
a woman of amiable temper, ardent in 
friendship, benevolent, and with a liiirh 
sense of honor; and thi'se noble traits of 
character were, in a >{reat measure, trans- 
mitted to her children. She was a mem- 
ber of the Baptist church of this city, at 
the time- of her death, in 18C)8, at the age 
of nearly 81 years. Her remains rest in 
the old i-enietery of lowji City. 

Hc'iiry (.lami's' father) was enganed in 
the Indian war of 181'J; served umler 
Ueuerul Wiuuhcster, uud was at the 



siei^e of Fort Meigs, on the Mnuraee 
river, Ohio. He emigrated to and settled 
in Knox county, Ohio, near where Ken- 
yon Colletre was subsecpiently erect-ed, 
now the town of (Jambier. The first 
school attended by youn<r Hartsock was 
a Siuulay school, held iu a workshop, on 
the present site of the colletfe Imildiiur. 
Mr. Hartsock's early trjiininp, l)y a Chris- 
tian mother, made hira an exemplary 
yoimg man. At the age of fifteen, he 
was baptized in the Christian faith, by 
Elder Isaac N. Walters, and, on arriving 
in Iowa, he joined the Methodist church 
(Old Ziou), in Rnrlington. On settling 
in Iowa City, 184'2, he joined the Meth- 
odist Episcopal elmrch of this city, and 
up to 1872 was a member of that church, 
when he joined the Baptist church, of 
which liis mother had been a member 
from its organization. 

In tlie fall of 18:W, James' father em- 
igrated to (rreen county, Illinois, and 
settled on a farm near the town of Car- 
rollton. His father died, April 7th, 18:17. 
The elder jiortioii of the family having 
married, .Tames was left with his mother 
as the head of the family. In the sjiring 
of 18;W, he left the paternal roof, to seek 
a home farther West. After traveling on 
foot five days, over prairies, rivers, and 
woodlands, through a sparsely settled 
country, he arrived at Burlington, the 
Indian trading post. 

The second session of the twenty-fifth 
Congress passed an act, •which was 
approved .Tune 12th. taking effect .Inly 
8d, 18:i8, separating .-ill that part of Wis- 
consin Territory which lies west of the 
Mississippi river ami organizing it as the 
Territory of Iowa. .Arriving on this fron- 
tier, as he dill, a stranger, with "rough 
garb" and a financial capital of but tif- 
ti 111 cents, he was, naturally, perplexed. 
But his good resolutions were not dimin- 
ished, and lie fonnd employment, his 
first work In ing the laying of a cellar 
wall for the "Widow Jones," who kept 
a boarding-house, near the river, to pay 
for his board. The landlady, — who h.ad 
several small children, "running wild," 
as she expres.seil it, " because there was 
no school ill the town," — first turned the 
thoughts of Mr. Hart.sock to the subject 
of "])nblic education." .\t that time 
tlie town had a population not exceeding 
three hiiinlrei. There was no scliool- 
honse; and as the number of children to 
be taught was small, he was forced, not- 
withstanding his good intentions, to 
secure other employment on the farm of 
the late Hon. .Shepherd Ijetler, west of 
the city. Here he remained until the 
latter jiart of Octolier, when he returned 
to the city, and secured a school-house, 
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boat, which had been fashioned into a 
lumberman's office, on the corner of 
Second and Jefferson streets. Its dimen- 
sions were about sixteen feet square and 
eiffht feet hiffli. HaWng secured this as 
a school room, it was fitted up with 
wooden benches as seats, and rough 
boards were fastened to the wall as 
writing-desks. One chair and a small 
stove composed the furniture. A paper 
was circulated and twenty-one pupils 
obtained. The tuition fee was four dol- 
lars for a term of three months. Out of 
the amount thus secured the teacher 
paid his own expenses and those for rent, 
wood, etc. Here, on the first Monday in 
November, 1838, was opened the Jimt 
common school in Iowa, and it was suc- 
cessfully conducted for the term of three 
months. Among his "scholars" were 
sons of the late Judge Hendershott, Sr.; 
John W. Jones, late State Treasurer ; 
Hon. Abe Adams, late Mayor of Burling- 
ton, and others, who have risen to emi- 
nence in Iowa. 

In 1842, Mr. Hartsock returned to Hli- 
nois, and brought his mother and family 
to Iowa. They settled on a laud claim in 
in Sharon towhship, Johnson county. 
After having provided for the family, he 
came to this city, and entered the then 
High School, under the charge of the 
late Dr. William Reynolds. 

Politically, Mr. Hartsock was reared a 
Democrat, and he acted with that party 
until Franklin Pierce was elected Pres- 
ident. He was a delegate to the first 
convention, which put in nomination 
Hon. Ansel Briggs for the first State Gov- 
ernor. His first Republican vote was 
given to General John C. Fremont. He 
afterward became an active worker in the 
Republican party, and especially in the 
campaign of 1860. Abraham Lincoln, 
in April, 18(31, appointed Mr. Hartsock 
city Postmaster, and he entered upon the 
discharge of his duties, filling the oflSce 
most acceptably for six years. On 
declining to sul)serilie to President 
Johnson's administration, he was super- 
seded by the Hon. Edward W. Lucas, a 
war Democrat. Upon the election 
of General U. S. Grant, Mr. Hartsock 
was re-appointed Postmaster, although 
there were several other aspirants. As 
the latter were somewhat disappointed, 
Mr. Hartsock, always for peace, entered 
into a written agreement to submit the 
choice of Postmaster to a vote of the 
patrons of the office, and abide the result. 
In consequence, a spirited election was 
held; but, on counting the votes cast, 
Mr. Hartsock was found to be several 
hundred in the majority. This brought 
quietness, and Mr. Hartsock retained the 
office up to June, 1872, — making, in all, 



nine years in which he filled the office. 
Imbued with the spirit of enterprise, 
he (in 1872) invested, with other capital, 
a large part of the salary he had accu- 
mulated in the Post-office in the erection 
of the St. James Hotel building. The 
amount of money this required, about 
.f30,000, although never adequately re- 
turned to the projector of the work, yet 
leaves tangilile evidence of his eflbrts for 
the pubHc. He was, iu 1868, nominated 
for Mayor of the city. His opponent 
was Hon. George W. McCleary, a Dem- 
ocrat. The city was largely Democratic, 
but Mr. McCleary received a majority of 
but one vote. 

In April, 1857, Mr. Hartsock, as pro- 
prietor and editor, commenced the pub- 
lication of the Westcnt Freeinnson, and 
he conducted it successfully through its 
third volume, which closed in 1860. 

In jMasonry, we find Mr. Hartsock to be 
one of the most distinguished members 
of the order in Iowa, and also one of the 
best ritualists and workers in all the 
degrees of Masonry, from Entered Ap- 
prentice to Knight Templar, having 
faithfully served the craft over forty 
years. He was the firat imidi' Mason in 
Iowa, — initiated, December 7th, 1840, in 
the first Masonic Lodge (Des Moines, 
under dispensation of the Grand Lodge 
of Missouri), located in Burlington. 
He was raised to the third degree the 
same month, and, subsequently, was 
elected Senior Warden, Oliver Cock 
being Worshipful Master of the Lodge. 
He represented his Lodge in the Grand 
Lodge of Missouri, October, 1841-2, which 
convened in St. Louis. While in St. 
Louis, 1842, he was exalted to the degree 
of Royal Arch, in Missouri Chapter, 
No. 1, and also received the degrees of 
Royal and Select Masters. He was the 
first High Priest of Iowa City Chapter 
No. 2; was elected Grand High Priest of 
the State, 1855, and re-elected in 1856; 
was one of the charter members of Iowa 
City Lodge, No. 4, as its Junior Warden; 
and was one of the delegates to the con- 
vention which framed the constitution 
and b}'-laws of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, 
which was organized in the year 1844. 
In 1846 he was appointed Deputy Grand 
Master; 1857 elected Master of Iowa City 
Lodge. In 1858, was elected Grand Blas- 
ter; in 1859 he was re-elected, and served 
until June, 1860. He received the orders 
of knighthood in the Cincinnati (Ohio) 
Commandery, October 7th, 1848, and was 
one of the petitioners and charter mem- 
bers of Jacques DeMolay Commandery, 
New Orleans, Louisiana. He also assist- 
ed in the organization of DeMolay Com- 
mandery Muscatine, Iowa, and was a 
petitioner and charter member of Pal- 



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estine Commandery, No. 2, Iowa City, and 
iippoint^'d first Comnieiniler. He was com- 
missiDnt'd liy Hon. B. H. French, Graml 
MiiMtiT of the Grand Enciimpraeut of the 
I'mteil States, to oricaiiizc the Grand 
tJonimandery of Iowa, and at its ortran- 
ization he was elected its first Grand 
Generahssaino, and, in 1H(>5, was elected 
and installed Grand Commander of the 
State. He is the (rrand liepreseiitative 
of the Grand Coninianderies of Missouri 
and Tennessee, near the (xrand Com- 
mandery of lown. He received the order 
of priesthood at Winchester, Virginia, 
in lH4(i, and he estal)lished the order in 
New Orleans, Louisiana, in 184H, and 
subseiiuently in Iowa. He was elected 
and served as (iraud Hijrh Priest of Lou- 
isiana, in 1852; in ISISM he had conferred 
upon liim the dc;,'rees of the Most 
Ancient Order of Memphis (or Ejjyptian 
rite), up to and iiicliiilintr the thirty- 
third iletrree. He is now the otlicial 
head of this Most Ancient Masonic or 
Efiyptian rite in the Northwest. He was 
the first Grand Puissant of tlie Grand 
Council of Royal and Select Masters of 
Iowa. He is now enfjafjed in writing a 
history of the work and proirress of 
Masonry in Iowa, from 1811) to ISSl, en- 
titled "Forty Years of Masonry in Iowa." 
Fehruary Idtli, 1S(!3, Mr. Hiirtsock was 
married to Miss Jessie Henry, only 
daiiLfhter of David and Mary Henry, from 
near Inverness. Scotland, and old set- 
tlers of Iowa City. Three chililren have 
been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hartsock, 
— Georj^e L., Josephine, and James 
Oliver. 

Edwabd K. Lucas. 

[Porlniit. riiKP WL] 
Mr. Lucas was born in Iowa City, Au- 
jfust 14tli, IS.'w. He attended the various 
public Bchuols, and having a natural 
taste for law, entered that department of 
the University, and graduated with the 
class of 1877. Besides his inclinations 
for the legal profession, he has always 
taken an iictive interest in agricultural 
matters and stock, and for two years has 
been Secretary of the Johnson County 
Agrieultiiral and Mechnnical Society, — a 
position he has filled witli great credit 
to liimself and the body which ho repre- 
Beut«. 

T. W. TOWNHEND. 
[Porlniil, PiiKcW.) 
Mr. Towiisend was horn April 11th, 
1845, in Kiiux county, Obiu. Uih puruutu 



moved to West Branch, this State, when 
he was eight years of age. He learned 
the art of photography, and aft#r l>eing 
in business at ditferent places, opened a 
gallery in this city, and has conducted it 
successfully for over twelve years. 

Mr. Townsend was married to Miss 
Emma Coover, in Muscatine, January 
•1th, ISfVj. He is always on the <iiti rirr 
for improvement in his art, and the work 
of his gallery, receiving his personal 
superWsion, always pleases his patrons. 
The compilers of the Souvenib have a 
number of his fine "cabinets" in their 
possession, — portraits of University men. 



HENRr S. Welton 
[ was born in Eaton, Madison county, N. 
Y., November 13th, 1827. He graduated 
at Hamilton College, that State, with the 
degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was 
afterwards principal of both the Clinton 
and Saquoits (New York) Academies. 
In 1855 he came to Iowa City in answer 
to a call of the Regents of the S. U. I., 
to take the chair of Ancient Languages. 
He held that position until 18.58, when ' 
the work of the institution was sns- 
I>ended. In 1858 he was elected Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction in this 
county. He entered Imsiness here in 
18G1, in which he has continued ever 
since. 

Mr. Wclton married Miss Julia P. 
Grinnell, at Clinton, Oneida county, N. 
Y., June 7th, 18;58. 

Zei'haniah C. Lcse, 
Past Grand Master of the .Grand Lod(ire 
of Iowa, A. F. and A. M., Past Grand 
High Priest of the Grand Chapter of 
Iowa, owner of a rare Masonic library 
which he has Iteen many years in accu- 
mulating, is one of the l)est known 
Masons in Iowa. To him the Souvenir 
is indebted for a large amount of the 
matter in the sketcli of Masonry in Iowa 
City; and, although the space allotted 
to the article is small, yet it contains 
much that is valuable and interesting. 

He was born in Mercer county, Penn- 
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hood was spent upon the farm, and in 
attenJiug the common school. He early 
devoted himself to study, and with his 
own hands gained the means for acquir- 
ing the education which he coveted. 
Studying for a time in an academy, he 
began teaching; in this way he reached 
college — reading law during his leisure 
hours, without an instructor. He re- 
moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1852, but 
the climate being too severe for him, he 
traveled down the river, stopping here 
and there, iinally in 1855, reaching Iowa 
City, where he has ever since resided. 
Here, in 1864, he was appointed County 
Judge. He became a Mason in 18.58; in 
1865 was elected Grand Junior Warden. 
He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand 
Lodge of Iowa, in 18G4, and after holding 
nearly all the most important positions 
in the Grand and subordinate Masonic 
bodies, he was, in 1877, elected Grand 
Master. 

He was married on the 9th of March, 
1852, to Miss Jane A. Henry, of Craw- 
ford county. Pa. In 1869 he made a trip 
to the Pacific coast. He returned, im- 
proved in health, and in 1873, he, with 
his son Frank, engaged in the raising of 
fine stock. His Jerseys have attracted 
the attention of connoisseurs in fine 
cattle everywhere, and have secured the 
premiums of State and county fairs 
wherever exhibited. He was President of 
the Iowa Improved Stock-Breeders As- 
sociation, in 1881, the annual meeting of 
which was held in this city in December. 

Hugh McGovern, 

Cou/ity Treasurer. 
[Portrait, Page 52.] 

Our present County Treasurer was 
born in county Cavan, Ireland, May 8th, 
1824. He came to this country in 1849. 
In 1855 he was married at Altoona, Pa., 
and the following year came West, locat- 
ing in Iowa City. On New Year day 
(1882) he assumed the duties of the 
office which he now fills, having been 
elected, by a handsome majority, at the 
October (1881) election. 

Mr. McGovern is a fair example of 
that sturdy, honest Celtic race, whose 

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minds and hands are never contented 
when idle. By steady industry and 
adherence to life's duties, he won the 
attention of his fellow-voters, and time 
must commend their choice of him for 
public preferment. 

Stephen Beadley, 

County Clerk. 

[Portrait, Page 52.] 

Mr. Bradley was born in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, December 26th, 1850. He arrived 
in Iowa City in 1856, where the early 
j)art of his life was spent. In 1869 he 
moved to the western part of tlie county, 
and engaged in farming and teaching. 

Mr. Bradley was elected County Clerk 
in 1880, and although this was one of the 
most warmly contested elections ever 
held in the county, he received a majority 
of tlie votes, — proving that worth, as well 
as popularity, is often necessary in a can- 
didate for office. His genial disposition 
and natural clerical tact well fit him for 
his present work; and these qualifica- 
tions, more than politics, are necessary 
to an honest performance of the duti s 
of a public office. 

Hon. George Paul. 
[Portrait, Page 52.] 
Mr. Paul was born in Pittsburg, Pa., 
December 24th, 1824. He came to Iowa 
City, November 4th, 1841, and immedi- 
ately began work at his trade — journey- 
man printer. He was from 1847 to 1852 
one of the proprietors of the old I&uia 
Capitol Reporter, and was the first elected 
State Printer. He was the last elected 
Sheriff of Johnson county while Iowa 
was a Territory, and served his county 
faithfully and well in the Legislative 
sessions, 1871-2-4-8. He was appointed 
city Postmaster during President Pierce's 
administration, but resigned after hold- 
ing the office one year, and devoted him- 
self to farming. He was a member of 
the Board of Supervisors for four years, 
and was among the first members of the 
various benevolent orders of our city. 
One of the oldest and best known citi- 
zens of the county, he can recite many 



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interesting reminiscences in its history, 
ami in him the people have one who has 
'*('ontiiiued to his country 

Ah he bi'gnn. find not unknit hiniHetf 

Till' noble knot ho made." 



BIOCRAPHICAI. NOTHS. 

Oh, tlie face!* we mwt, the faces we m<M4, 
At home or abroad, on the hurrying Htroet! 
Each has its history, dark antl brit;lit, 
Traced 80 clearly in letnble light. 

— Allif Cuntiinijham. 

'YTY'iTE followiufr "Notes" nive some 
/' 1 A '^'*^'' °^ ^^^ class of people Iowa 
-^- : City contains. Many of these 
» • ." men — attorneys, physicians, 
"' and merchants — are ffradu- 
\. ates of the State University of Iowa, 
or were Union soldiers hi the civil 
war. "Let your lij.'ht sliine," if yon 
would increase your wealth, popular- 
ity, and influence. To a distant friend, 
nothiiiif else can give as complete in- 
formation in regard to the city and its 
worth as a list of this kind. No re- 
muneration whatever has been received 
liy the publishers for the insertion of 
this matter. Over five hundred "Notes" 
are crowded out of the Soiivkniu, iind 
many more could have been obtained, — 
all concerning men worthy of mention. 

LEVI ROBINSON 
was born March l;!lh, ixll. in Kennebcck county, 
Maine. He is a Kradtiale of Dartmouth CoUeKe, 
and was admitted lo the bar at Albany, N. Y.. in 
May, IWri. He is the senior memln'r of I he firm 
of Uobinson A Patterson. lie (raine to Iowa 
City May 'ild, is'ir,. and was ProsecutinK Attorney 
in IKTifi; Deputy lierenue (!olleclor from IsHI to 
IStW. Was married lo Miss I,idia A. Curtis, in 
l)e,TUir, Maine, .Iuly2mh, IM.'iT. 

NATHAN II. TlIl,LOS.S, M.D., 
was born in KiLst Fairtield, (Vtliinddana county, 
Ohio, March 'ilth. 1H2II. Married, April Ist. IKI7, 
to Amy Williamson, at Kast Fairfield, (*ame to 
Iowa Cily, May, IHtll, anil has practiciil his pro- 
feHsioii, dentistry, ever since, (iradliated in 
doniislry in Philadelpliia in IHt^l; Kraduated in 
miHlicine al the a. U. I. in 1H7I. Member of the 
firm of Till loss «V I*rice, and also senior parlnor 
in the Hawkeye Marhiiie Works. 

OLIVEH STAHTSMAN 
was born in Ha«erstown, Maryland, .Tune IBth, 
IK27. Came lo Iowa Cily in May, IH.M, and on 
the 30th of May, 1S112, waw married to Miss Kanny 
O. Fracker. Mr. HlartMinan is a practical 
watchmaker and jeweler. 



LEHUEIi B. PATTBBSON 
was born in Uushrille. Indiana. September 12th, 
lifil. He came to Iowa Cily in the spriuR of 
ISll, and in Istii was here admitted to the liar. 
He was City .\ttomey in ISiVs 7i', and a^ain in 
lft74-7ti. Was a member of the Cily Council in 
1857 and 1S.M1. He won the great railroad bonds 
Buit, in the Supreme Court of llie United StateH 
— Lucius Clark i». Iowa City. Was married to 
Jane Hazard, May Mth, lH.'il. 

WIIil/ARD J. WELCH 

was horn in Oshkosh, Wis., AubhsI 12th, 1S."iri. 
He came li> Iowa City in October, 1^78. He was 
married to Jliss Lillie L. Patterson. October 23d, 
1H7H. He is a graduate of the Collegiate Depart- 
ment of the 8. V. I., class of 1875. Proprie- 
tor of the "Star Cirocery." 

JOSEPH W. 8. HOKNE 
was bom in Ple.'isantville, Bedford county, 
Penn.. March 11th, l>i|'.i. He was married in 
■Moline, 111., April nih, 1^72. In 1K7U be moved 
to this city and ojiened his millinery store. 

JAMES W. CONE 
was bom in Coshocton county, Ohio, December 
4th, IH.'id. He graduated from the Law Depart- 
ment of the 8. U. I. in the class of 1H73, and com- 
moncwl iiraclice hen* the following year. He 
was marrieil to Kmily M. Staples, at West 
Lilierly, October 23d, ls7:l. 

AKMENirS A. TOWNS 
wa-^i born .July ^Ih, ls2l, in Ontario county, N. Y. 
Is a graduat<*t>f Lima Seminary, N. Y. Came to 
Iowa City in October, Is7t», Married Mis.s Maria 
Foster, in Ancaster, Ontario, t)ctober 14th, l&4ti. 

WILLIAM P. HOHENSCHrn 
was bom in Iowa City. November loth, 1>C8, and 
succeediil his father in the furniture business; 
afterward i IHSl i became a member of the firm 
of Hohensclmh, Cree <t Lih', furniture dealers. 
He was married at Morris, 111., Feb. 1, ISSti. 

WILLIAM J. 8CHELL 
was born in Johnstown. Cambria county, Pa., 
September 27th, 1*11). Came lo Iowa City, with 
his iiarents, when six months old. Was one of 
the first students of the Cniversily, and was also 
among those who enlisted in the civil war. Was 
enrolled in C'oiiipaiiy H. first low;i Volunlcers, 
in the spring of Isiil. This was I he threi» months 
service. In the fall of lsti2 he returniMl, when he 
enlisted in Company F of the 22*1 Hegiment of 
Iowa VoluntiH'rs. He rose to the rank of first 
Lieutenant, and remniniHl until the spring of 
18ftl, when he resigni-d on account of disability. 
He was married in Michigan City, Ind., Novem- 
ber 1st, IH70. After engaging in si'veral busiin*ss 
enterprises, he became a member of Ihe firm of 
Pryce ,^ Schell, Is7tl, at present one of the lead- 
ing hardware firms of the city. 

MILTON ItEMLEr 
was born in I^'wisburg, West Virginia, Octol>er 
12th, IHII. Hi- came to Iowa City in Ihe fall of 
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of the University with the class of 1867. Was 
here admitted to the bar in 1868. Married, at 
Tiffin. Johnson county, September 8th, 1869, to 
Miss Josephine Dennis. 

JOE A. EDWARDS 
was born in Putnam county. 111., September Ist. 
1845. He served in Company B, l:i9th Illinois 
Infantry, from June 1864, until the close of the 
war. Came to Iowa City and entered the Law 
Department in 1872, and was admitted to the 
bar in the followin;^ year. Married to Miss 
Emma L. Hemsworth, Juno 14th, 1877. 

SILAS M. FINCH 
was born in McHenry county, Illinois. Augiist 
22d, 1814. He enlisted in the Hth Illinois Cavalry 
in 1861, and served under McClellan, Burnside, 
Hooker, and Mead, in all the important battles 
fought by them. He went up the James with 
Butler in 1864, and was "with Grant" at the 
siege of Petersburg. He was discharged as 
Lieutenant in Texas in 18f)6. Came to Iowa City 
in November, 1869. Was admitted to the bar in 
1870. Was married in Woodstock, 111., on the 
17th of June, 1868, to Maria W. Stark, who died 
in December, 1881. 

BENJAMIN PRICE 

was born in Barnesville, Belmont county, Ohio, 
February 28th, 1844. Came to Iowa City in 
October. 1871, and commenced practice. Mar- 
ried in this city, October 12th, 1869, to Miss P. 
Milnes. He is a dentist,— firm of TuUoss & 
Price. 

DR. LIZZIE HESS 

was born in Bellville, Monroe county, Ohio, 
March 22d, ISli"). She came to Iowa City in the 
Bprinp of 1865, and after graduating from the 
Normal Department of the S. U. I., entered the 
Medical Department of that institution. She 
was the sixth lady to graduate from that school, 
and the first to successfully practice her profes- 
sion in this city. 

liOUIS H. JACKSON 
was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, September 
2:td, 1846. He came to Iowa City. September 1st, 
1864, and entered the University. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar, in this city, in 1868. On May 
6tb, 1869, he was married to Miss Virginia V. 
McCrory. 

THOMAS C. CARSON 

was born in Philadelphia, Pa., August 7th, 1834. 
Married to Miss Mary J. Reiff, at Reading, Pa., 
Marcli 2d, 1857. Came to Iowa City January 8th, 
1856, and engaged in tlie hardware business. He 
commenced the farm implement business in a 
little one-story house on the present site of his 
large warehouse, and had little in the way of 
capital, except his excellent business qualifica- 
tions. He now has about $20,1X)0 invested in the 
businesB. He was one of the charter members 
of the Johnson County Savings Bank, organized 
1872. with S. J. Kirkwood as President, and Mr. 
Carson as Vice-President. He held this position 
until Gov. Kirkwood was elected to the United 
States Senate, 1877, when ho was elected Presi- 



dent, and has since held the position. Mr. 
Carson's residence on College Hill, one of the 
finest in the city, was erected in 1875. 

CHARLES BAKER, 

attorney at law, was born in Saratoga county. 
New York, January 18th, 1843. He came to Iowa 
City in 1869. Married to Caroline Blackwell in 
1867, He began practice in Marengo, Iowa, in 
1866. At the May terra of the District Court, 
1866, was admitted to the Johnson county bar. 
Enlisted in Company I, 4th Wisconsin Infantry, 
April 15tb, 1861, and was discharged in 1865. 
The last year of his army life he was in the 
secret service, in command of a company of 
scouts, and wliile in this service was taken 
prisoner, and sent to Tyler, Texas, where he was 
at the time of his discharge. 

GEORGE W. BALL, 
attorney at law, was born in Jefferwon county, 
Iowa, June 7th, 1847. Married at Indianola. 
Iowa, to Miss Estelle E. Walter, January Ist. 
1880. Mr. Ball graduated in 1870 from the Law 
Department, S. U. I., and commenced practice 
in December of that year at Des Moines. Came 
to Iowa City in August, 1871. He is a prominent 
Mason, and at present Alderman of the Fifth 
Ward. 

GEORGE A. EWING, 

attorney at law, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, 
December 28th, 1841, where he was married, July 
6th, 1865, to Miss Ella Martin, He is a graduate 
of Wesleyan College, Ohio, scientific conrno. 
He was admitted to the bar in the Supreme 
Court of Ohio in 1865, and began practice in 
Indiana the same year. He came to Iowa City 
in August, 1871 . He was also a recruiting 
sergeant and post sutler, at Lexington. Ky., 
from 1864 until the close of the war. 

GEORGE W, DODDER, 

justice of the peace, was born in Sussex county, 
N. J., May llth, 1815. Married, at Stillwater. 
N. J., to Effie J. Predmore, March 18th, 1837. 
Came to Iowa City, July 14th, 1855. Has been 
a justice for over 17 years, and in the insurance 
business for 20 years. The first colored jury 
ever subpoenaed in the United States sat before 
'Squire Dodder on the 8th day of June, 1869. 

ABNER D. MORDOFF, 

justice of the peace, was born in Monroe county. 
New York, April 2tl, 1820. Married to liouise E. 
Carpent<"r, in Wyoming county, N. Y., May 13th, 
1845. Came to Iowa (Mty, April 20th, 1857. and 
engaged in mercantile business. 

DAVID S. BARBER, 
justice of the peace, was born in Pitcher, 
Chenango county, N. Y., December 3d, 1830. 
Came to Iowa City, February 20th, 1864, and was 
employed as cashier by the firm of W. B. Daniels 
& Co. Is a graduate of the Bryant & Stratton 
Commercial College at Buffalo. N. Y. Married 
to Sarah L, Brainerd (second wife), October 1st, 
1867. 



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WILLIAM F. OONKLIN, 
Httorm»y nt law, was born in ('(nlar county, Iiiwn, 
AuKUKl Zid, ISM. 1h II Krmluat«>, cIbkh of 1S73. 
I«w Department, 8. U. I. Marrknl to Anna B. 
Keen, at Solon. Iowa, December 17tb, 1874. 
Came to Iowa City, 1S70, and commenced the 
practice of his profeiwion. 

BOBERT LORENZ, 
furniture dealer and undertaker, wiw b<irn in 
Kerlin, Prui-sia, May »lKt. IH.V.!. Came to Iowa 
City in Auituat, 18.1.1. Mr. Lorenz' store occupies 
the now buildine owne<l by Mrs. VolkrinKer. 

ISAAC K. OARRETTSON, 
nialuiKer of the "Panic Store." wag born in 
A<lamH county. Pa.. February 12th. IWI. Came 
U> Iowa City in 1H7:|, and has conducted, with 
success, the business of Kobinson Bros, for the 
|)HHt ei^lit years. 

HARRISON D. ROWE, 
City Clerk, was born in Kuthind. Kimi' county, 
III.. Replember Bd, IKM. Alteniled Klain (Ill.i 
Academy for three years. Canii> to Iowa City. 
Sei>tember 12th. 1H77. (iraduuted from the Law- 
Department. 8. U. 1.. June. IH78; was then 
a(bni(te<l t<i the bar. and betnin the practice of 
law soon after. Married lo Kate A. Sanders, at 
Iowa City, February 11th, ISHO. Is Secretary of 
theStJite Historical Sotriety. 

EDWARD O. FRACKER 

v/iut burn May .'^ith, IKi'*, in Z.inesville, Ohio. 
Came lo Iowa City in is.'!?. Enlisted in Com- 
pany (J, fith Iowa Volunteers, and served until 
IKtvl, when he was dischari;ed for disability, 
iH'inie injured durinu the i'vacunli<m of .Vtlanta. 
Hi» re-euteretl the army in tlie spring of 1^6.5, 
anri serve<l until the close of the war. Married 
to Miss Cora V. Uobins, .\uKUst I'.ilh, ItfU. Mr. 
Fnicker is a member of the City Council, and 
has held other public positions of trust. 

J. WALTER LEE. 

litirn ill (ireen county. 111., .laniuiry 2flth. If42. 
('ame lo Iowa City in 1KI.1. Served three years 
in the 22«l reiriment of Iowa Infantry. For 
yearn haa been one of the leading business men 
of this city; is now a member of the firm of 
Hohenschuh. Cree A Ijee. Married here, ,Tanuary 
1st, IMM. 

J. A. L. TI(;E. 

Bom in Lebanon county, Pa., September 2Wh, 
IWMI. Came t« Iowa City in ISI17. During the 
war he raised Company C 17th Heiciment of 
Pennsylvania Infantry, and went tiut as Captain. 
Was married at Fremont, Pn., May 13th, 1852. 

WILLIAM A. MORRISON. 

Horn in Fremont. III.. March lltth. I8:». 
C-nnie to Iowa ('ity in 18.'i8. Wiw married in 
llurlinKt.on in KWI. DruRKisU lio-elected Mayor 
in IHMI. 

HENRY WIENEKK. 

Hvrn in MiinrfH> county. Ohio, Ailicust 3l>tb, 
1117. (^Ame Ut lowH City in IH-M*. MarriiHl here 
in IK.'>tl. Served in the llth KoKiment of Iowa 
Infantry, IHIIO-65. 



PAUL CCSTEB. 
Bom in Herkimer county, N. Y.. February 
llth. IKiii. Came to Iowa City in luta. Married 
in Kentucky in 18HI. 

T. J. niOG. 

Born in Westmoreland, England, January .Id, 
183il. Came to Iowa City in 18,19. .\ttended the 
University, leaviiif; when in the Junior year. 
Was married here September 19th. WX). Btarte<I 
in the drug business in February. 18(15. 

EDWAKD E. BRAINERD. 

Born in Collinville, Conn.. September 15th, 
18.')2. Married in Iowa City. Octi>ber Ist, 1H7». 
Came to Iowa City in 185(i, and afterward 
learnwl the art of printing in the /i^/n/htican 
oBice, then owned by his father. He was chief 
clerk in the city Post-office over eight years, 
and at present is junior partner in the firm of 
Ni.Ton A Hrainerd, furniture dealers and under- 
takers. 

ANTON DRAE.SSEIi, 

merchant tailor, was bom in Bonn Rhine. (ler- 
many. February '.Jith. IK-W. where he was married 
March :«lth, 1872. Came to New York. U. S. A., 
in 187U; to Iowa City. 1k77. Was a|<|>ointed 
tailor to Duke of Edinburg, Kngland, in i8tiC. 
Saved two lives from drowning in the Uiver 
Rhine, (iermany, 

ALBERT J. HERTZ, 

dry goods merchant, was born in Philadelphia, 
Pa.. Novemlwr i:Uh, lsl8. Came to this city in 
the spring of 18.>8. Married, at Solon, Iowa, 
April 2:kl, 1873, to Miss Sarah T. Gobin. 

CYRCS S. RANCK. 
Boni in Union county. Pa.. March 3Ut. 1845. 
Came lo Iowa City July i'th. 1H72. .\dniitted to 
the bur in this city in June. 1871. and com- 
menced practice here in 1873. Married Lillie V. 
Jack, in this city, January 1st, 1873, 

SAMUEL S. LYTLE, M.D., 
was bom in Indiana county. Pa., Febraory Sd, 
1842. He enlisted in Company F, lllh Iowa 
Infantry. September 23d. IMll. and was inustertMl 
out at I*ouisville, Ky,, in July, I>«i5. Came l<» 
Iowa City .\pril. 1875. and gruduatiHl from I he 
Medical Department of the University iu 1878. 
Cominence<l practice here the same year. Mar- 
riiKl Miss Zeltie Phillips, at Dayton, Iowa, 
January 28tli, 1874. She dieil October 13th, 1S78. 

DAVID A. JONE.S. 
Born OclolM'r 12th, 1840, in Cambria county. 
Pa, Married to Elizabeth Richanls, in ElH>ns. 
burg. Pa., December 13th, Istil. Came Ui Iowa 
Cily, NovemlH'r 21th, l-^Vi. Was a soldier iu the 
Union army. 

JOHN W. SLATER, 

attorney at law. was bom February Vth, 183)1, 
in Litchlield, Conn. Came lo Iowa City in 1870. 
liraduated in the Ijiw Department in 1872. 
Married to Aliss Katie H. Vogt, in thin city, 
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FRANK J. HORAK, 

attorney at law, is a native oE Bohemia, and was 
born April 2l8t, 18H, Married in Cedar Rapids, 
May 2d, 1870. Came to Iowa City October 20th, 
18S0, to practice his profession, having graduated 
June, 1879, from the Law Department. S. V. I. 
He enlisted as a soldier in Company E, 46th 
Iowa Infantry, May, 1864, and served until the 
close of the war. Practiced his profession in 
Benton county one year previous to coming 
here. Is the only Bohemian counselor in John- 
son county. 

ABRAM C. HINMAN, 

dealer in dry goods and groceries, was born in 
Genoa, N. Y., February 3d, 1834. Married 
(second), July 28th, 1859. Came to Iowa City, 
.\pril, 1856, and his occupation then was farm- 
ing. He was one of the sufferers of the great 
hail storm of 1873, and two years after was a 
heavy loser by lire. He has, liowever, regained 
the ground lost by these casualties, and his store 
is one of the most popular in the county, espe- 
cially among farmers. 

JOHN R. HEATH, 
auctioneer, was born in Salem. Washington 
county, N. Y., June ixth. ls2:i. Married isecond), 
October 8th, 1868, in Lima, Ohio. Came to Iowa 
City. May. 1855, and entered the livery business. 
Trade, harness and saddle maker. 

FRANCIS J. HAAS, 
dry goods merchant, was bom in Baden, Ger- 
many. March 21st, 1830. Married (second), 
September 15tb, 1875. Came to Iowa City, 
August, 1851; to America, 1838. Business loca- 
tion, west side Clinton near College street. 

MANLY B. MOON, M.D. 

Born in Knoxville, Ohio. May 24th, 1851. 
Came to Iowa City in 1856. Graduated from the 
Medical Department of S. U. I., March 4th, 1874, 
and began practice immediately afterward. 
Has been County Physician for three years, and 
is connected with tlie Mercy Hospital. 

JOHN H. WHETSTONE, 
druggist, was born in Bedford county, Pa., 
September 18th, 1846. Came to Iowa City in 
1870, and clerked in Mayor Morrison's drug 
store. Afterward he purchased a store of his 
own, and is now one of the best known drug- 
gists in the county. Married, in 188W. 

LEON BLOOM, 
member of the firm of Bloom tt Co., was born in 
Westhoffen, France, January 3d, 1841. Served in 
tlie French army for two years as a non-com- 
missioned officer, and was drafted for seven 
years, but bought his last five years for .*;500. 
Came to Iowa City, July, 1864. Married, in 
Chicago, 111.. October 20th, 1874. 

THOMAS G. GLOVER, 

Superintendent of the Iowa City Packing House, 
was born in Providence, R. I., March 10th, 1842, 
and there married, July 2d, 1862. Came to Iowa 
City, May. 1881. 



ARCHIBALD O. YOUUKrN, 

attorney at law, was born in Somerset county. 
Pa., January 20th, 1831. Married at Hagerstown, 
Md., March 1st, 1854. Came to Iowa City, 1857. 
Admitted to the bar, at Iowa City, March, 1874. 
Secretary i)f the Iowa City Packing Company. 

WILLIAM P. COAST. 
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, March 5th, 1845. 
Came to Iowa City, 1854. Married here, 1864. 
Junior member of the firm of Mozier & Coast 
for eight years. Now President of the Iowa 
City Grape Sugar Company. 

JAMES o'hANLON, 
contractor and builder, was bom in Peterboro, 
Canada, January 15th, 1827, and married there, 
January 24th, Isls. Came to Iowa City, August 
14th, 1867. Has built 15 bridges for the C, R. I. 
& P. R. R., about 25 for the C., B. & Q. K. R., 9 
county bridges throughout the State, and a 
number of smaller ones. 

ARNOLD C. MOON, M.D. 
Born in Stephentown. Rensselaer county. N. Y., 
March 22d, 1817. Married at Uniontown, Pa., 
1844. Came to Iowa City, 1856. Graduated 
from Albany ^N. Y.) Medical College, March, 
1840. 

JAMES S. MAHANA, 
senior member of the firm of Mahana Bros., 
painters, and dealers in paints, oils, etc. Born, 
August 1st, 1835. at Waynesburg, Pa. Came to 
Iowa City. 1^56. Married, September 1st. 1857, 
at Barnesville, Ohio. In the 9th Ohio Cavalry 
during the war, and with .Sherman in his 
"March to the Sea." 

MARVIN R. LUSE, 
dealer in in boots and shoes, was born in Mercer 
county. Pa., November sth. 1835. Came to Iowa 
City, August 26th, 1858. Married, May 29th, 1861. 
First Lieutenant in Union army, over three 
years. Helped raise a company. 

CHARLES M. LODGE, 
grocer, was bom .Tanuary 24th, 1848. in New 
Lisbon, Ohio. Came to Iowa City, 18.56. Mar- 
ried here. May Sth, 1878. Trade, carriage-smith. 
Served in the Union army three years, three 
months, as a drummer. 

JOEL LIGHTNER, 
dry goods merchant, was bom in Lancaster, Pa., 
February 8th, IHIO. Came to Iowa City, 1866. 
Married here, October 12th, 1860. Served as a 
soldier in the three months' service. Business 
location, corner of Washington and Clinton Sts. 

GEORGE L. JONES, 
grocer, was born in Shrewsbury, England, May 
1st, 1851. Came to Iowa Cit.v. May, 1871, with his 
sister. Business location, Clinton street. 

CORNELIUS W. LANDSBERG, 
grocer, was born in Hanover. Germany, Septem- 
ber 17th, 1830. Came to America, 1854 ; Iowa 
City, 1856. Married, at Eutaw, Ala., April ■29th, 
1861. Has visited his native coimtry twice since 
arriving here. 



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GABSON Ij. MOZTBR, 
<lry poods merchant, was bom in Knox county, 
Ohio, September 4th, isll. Came to Iowa City. 
September, 1856. and clerked till IH-VJ, when 
he bepan bnsinest- for himself. BuHiness loca- 
tion on Clinton street, near Post-t>flfice. 

STEPHEN E. PAINE. 
Born in Saratoga county, N. Y.. March 8th, 
18.T0. His parents died before he was fourteen 
years of age. In 1819 he went to the city of New 
York, and enKaped in editins and publinhine the 
titiident, a monthly ma^^zine. Married. April 
8th. 1K52. to Mary K. Fellows, of Merhanicsville, 
New York. In May. lH.'it>. he went to Uockford, 
111.. t<i superintend the buildinp of pas-works 
in that city. Remained there for one year, when 
he went to Muscatine, Iowa, wliere he resided 
until the gas-works of that place were com- 
pleted, then came to Iowa City. September, 
1857, to superintend the erection of gas-works, 
of which he had charge about fifteen years. In 
1W)4 was elected President of the Iowa City 
School Board; in December of the same year 
Kecording Secretary of t he State H ist orical 
Society, and is still connected with the society 
B» a Curator. In the years 186.'i-(i4-*>y he was 
Alderman of the Fourth Ward, and in March, 
1871, was elected Mayor, and held the office for 
three successive terms. Now book-keeper for 
M. T. Close A Co., owners of the oil mills. 



EVENTS OF THE YEAR, 
i88i. 

JANUARY. 

POLITICAL AND OENEBAL. 

6. Gen. Nathan Goff, Jr., of West 
Virginia, was confirmed Secretary of the 
Navy. 

The British Parliament opened. The 
troubles in Ireland were referred to in 
an address by the Qvieen, in which she 
recommended that people be allowed, 
"by purchase, a permanent proprietary 
interest in the soil." 

9. Pension bill passed the Senate. 

12. Harris M. Plaisted was, by the 
Le^slature, declared elected Governor 
of Maine. 

17. An inquiry into the expediency 
of a telegraphic postal system, liy the 
United States, was directed by the House. 

21). Population of tlie United States 
and Territories reportol by the Superin- 
tendent of Census to be 5(l,l.')2,'t.'')(i. 

United States Senators, as follows, 
were reported elected: James O. Fair, 
Nevada; John F. Miller, California; 



Thos. F. Bayard, Deleware (re-elected); 
Gen. Jos. R. Hawley, Connecticut; O. 
D. Conser, Michigan; H. L. Dawes, 
Massachusetts (re-elected); Eugene 
Halo, Maine; Thos. C. Piatt, New York; 
Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; John Slier- 
man, Oliio; F. M. Cockrell, Missouri. 

DEATHS. 

1. Louis Auguste Blanqui, the noted 
French communist, in Paris, aged 75 
years. 

21. E. A. Sothern, actor, in London, 
aged 54 years. 

FEBRUARY. 

POLITICAI, AND GENERAL. 

4. Mr. Morgan's resolution, declaring 
that the President of the Senate is not 
invested by the constitution with the 
right to count the votes of President and 
Vice-President of the United States, so 
as to determine what votes shall be 
received or counted, passed the Senate, 
the House concurring on the otli. 

8. The Boers in South Africa defeated 
the British. Subsequently, 27th, the 
British were again defeated, and an 
armistice was signed, in which the Boers 
accepted the British conditions of peace. 

9. The electoral votes were counted 
by the President in presence of both 
Houses, and Garfield and Arthur were 
declared elected President and Vice- 
President of the United States. 

24. Mr. Foster moved a bill, in the 
British House of Commons for protec- 
tion of life and property in Ireland, the 
first reading of which was stubliornly 
opposed by the Home Rulers during a 
continuous session of forty-one hours, 
wlien the Speaker closed the debate and 
th<" bill was read. Among other mem- 
bers, Mr. Parnell was ejected from the 
House and suspended for obstruction of 
the bill. 

DEATHS. 

5. Thomas Carlyle, distinguished au- 
thor, in Ijondoii, aged 01 years. 

l:^. Hon. Fernando Wood, at Hot 
Springs, Arkansas, aged fi9 years. 

24. Hon. Matthew C. Carpenter, U. 
S. Senator from Wisconsin, at Washing- 
ton, D. C, aged 56 years. 



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MABCH. 

POLITICAL AND GENERAL. 

3. The apportionment bill fixing the 
number of Representatives at 319 passed 
the Senate. 

4. The 46th Congress adjourned. The 
Kiver and Harbor bill, amounting to 
$11,141,800, or $3,000,000 more than ever 
before appropriated for a similar pur- 
pose, was passed before close of session. 

James Abram Garfield and Chester 
AUin Arthur publicly inaugurated. 

5. An extra session of the Senate con- 
firmed the President's cabinet nomina- 
tions. 

21. Levi P. Morton "was confirmed 
Minister to France. 

23. The President sent in a large 
number of nominations, among whom 
were William H. Robertson for Collector 
of Customs at New York; William Wal- 
ter Phelps, of New Jersey, Minister to 
Austria ; Edwin A. Merritt, of New 
York, Consul-General in London ; Adam 
Badeau, of New York, Charge d' Affaires 
to Denmark; Michael J. Cramer, of 
Kentucky, Charge d' Affaires to Switz- 
erland; William E. Chandler, of New 
Hampshire, Solicitor-General. 

DEATHS. 

13. Alexander II., Emperor of Russia, 
assassinated at St. Petersburg. Two 
bombs were thrown at him, the second 
of which inflicted terrible injuries, from 
which he died. His eldest son succeeded 
to the throne, with the title of Alexander 
III. 

26. William Beach Lawrence, jurist 
and writer on international law, in New 
York, aged 81 years. 

APRIL. 

roLITIOAL AND GENERAL. 

7. A joint resolution to submit a con- 
stitutional amendment giving to women 
the right to vote was passed in the 
Indiana House. 

15. The Nihilist assassins of the Czar 
were hanged in St. Petersburg. 

26. Lord Beaconsfield's remains were 
buried at Hughenden. 



DEATHS. 

19. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Bea- 
consfleld, author and statesman, in Lon- 
don, aged 76 years. 

24. James T. Fields, publisher, author, 
and lecturer, in Boston, aged 63 years. 

26. John Gorliam Palfrey, historian 
and statesman, in Boston, aged 85 years. 

27. Emile de Girardin, an eminent 
French journalist, m Paris, in his sev- 
enty-fifth year. 

MAY. 

POLITICAL AND GENERAL. 

5. President Garfield ■withdrew from 
the Senate all New York nominations 
except that of Robertson. The following 
nominations were confirmed: Robt. R. 
Hitt, Illinois, Assistant Secretary of 
State: Hiram Price, Iowa, Commissioner 
of Indian Affairs ; Stanley Matthews, 
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 
of the United States. 

9. The House of Commons voted to 
erect a monument in Westminster Abbey 
to the memory of Beaconsfield. 

16. Roscoe Conkling and Thomas C. 
Piatt resigned their seats as United 
States Senators from New York, stating 
the cause of their action to be the 
appointment, by the President, of Judge 
Robertson of New York, and circum- 
stances attending that appointment. 

18. The nomination of Mr. Blerritt, as 
Consul-General to London, was con- 
firmed. 

19. Nominations of Blanche K. Bruce 
as Register of the Treasury, and Geo. B. 
Loriug as Commissioner of Agriculture, 
confirmed. 

20. Senate adjourned fine die. 

31. The New York Legislature began 
ballotting for successors to Conkling 
and Piatt. 

DEATHS. 

19. Count Yon Arnim, Prussian dip- 
lomatist, at Nice, aged 79 years. 

21. Colonel Thomas H. Scott, ex- 
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company, at Woodburn, Pa., aged 55 
years. 



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JUNE. 

POLITICAL. AND OENEKAl,. 

12. Great storms in Iowa, Minnesota, 
Missouri, and Kansas, destroying many 
lives and miioli property. 

29. The Republican State Convention 
of Iowa made its nominations. 

DEATHS. 

2. .-Vlfred B. Street, poet, at .\lbany, 
New York, aged 7(1 years. 

Maximilien Paul Emile Littrc, pub- 
licist and philologist, in Paris, aged 80 
years. 

26. Hon. Henry Stanbery, ex-Attor- 
ney-General of the United States, in 
New York City, aged 78 years. 

■27. Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure, 
life Senator, and member of the .\cade- 
my, in Paris, aged 83 years. 

JULY. 

POLITICAL AND GENERAL. 

1. The President appointed Hannibal 
Hamlin, of Maine, Minister to Spain; 
Chas. Payson, of Massachusetts, (Charge 
d' Affaires to Copenhagen ; G. W. Carter, 
of Louisiana, Minister to Venezuela. 

2. The assassination of President 
Garfield was att<=mpted by Charles J. 
Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker, in 
the waiting-room of the Baltimore it 
Potomac depot, at Washington. Guiteau 
fired two shots,— one passing through 
the President's coat-sleeve, and the other 
entering his body in the abdomen. 

Midliat Pasha and others implicated 
in the murder of the Sultan of Turkey 
exiled to Arabia. 

The South .Vfrican Boers issued a 
proclamation announcing the establish- 
ment of a republic. 

10. The nomination of Hon. Warner 
Miller lit Albany, New York, as successor 
of Piatt, partially broke the dead-lock in 
the Senatorial contest. 

28. War in the East — Ayoob Khan 
routed the Afghans. 

DEATHS. 

in. General John C. Pemberton, the 
Confederate defender of Vicksburg, at 
Penllyn, Pa. 



13. John A. Appleton, of the pablish- 
ing firm of D. Appleton & Co., at Clifton, 
Staten Island, New York, aged (A years. 

18. Arthur PeurhVn Stanley, D.D., 
LL.D., Dean of Westminster, in London, 
aged GG years. 

25. Nathan Clifford, Associate Justice 
of the U. S. Supreme Court, at Cornish, 
Maine, aged 78 years. 

27. Hon. John J. Bagley, ex-Gov- 
ernor of Michigan, in San Francisco, 
aged 49 years. 

Geo. P. Quackenbos, LL.D., author of 
popular school books. 

AUGUST. 

POLITICAL AND OENEBAL. 

IG. The Irish Land BUI finally passed 
the House of Lords, after much debate, 
and with provisions as insisted upon by 
tlie House of Commons. 

DEATHS. 

3. Hon. William G. Fargo, President 
of the American Express Company, at 
Buffalo, New Y'ork, aged 63 years. 

Bishop Erastus Otis Haven, of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, at Salem, 
Oregon, aged 61 years. 

7. General Robert Patterson, in Phil- 
adelphia, aged 89 years. 

22. General Leslie Coombs, at Lex- 
ington, Kentucky, aged 88 years. 

28. Hon. Samuel B. Ruggles, at Fire 
Island, New York, aged 81 years. 

SEPTEMBER. 

POLITICAL AND GENERAL. 

4. The forest fires began in Eastern 
Michigan, and spread over large portions 
of Huron, Sanilac, and Tuscola counties, 
destroying much property, and burning 
to death over three hundred persons. 

\Ti. The Irish National Convention 
met at Dublin, and passed resolutions 
favoring abolition of landlordism, amnes- 
ty, and home government. 

20. At 2 A. M., a little after President 
Garfield's death, Chester A. Arthur took 
the oath of office as President of the 
United States, at his residence, before 
Justice John R. Brady, of the New York 
Supreme Court. 

22. Oen. Arthur again took the oath 
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of office at Washiugton, before Chief Jus- 
tice Waite, of the Supreme Court, after 
which he read a short inaugural address, 
aud issued a prochiniation setting apart 
the funeral day, Heptember 2Gth. 

DEATHS. 

2. Hon. Hendriek B. Wright, ex- 
member of Congress, Plymouth, Pa., 
aged 73 years. 

3. Lorenzo Delmonieo, in New York 
City, aged 68 years. 

8. Sidney Lanier, at Lynn, North 
Carolina, aged 89 years. 

13. General A. E. Bnrnside, United 
States Senator and ex-Governor, in 
Providence, K. I., aged .58 years. 

15. Mme. Susan M. Bonaparte, widow 
of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, in Balti- 
more, aged 69 years. 

19. General James A. Garfield, Presi- 
dent of the United States, at Elberon, 
N. J., 10:3.5 p. M., aged .50 years. 

26. President Garfield's body was de- 
posited in Lake Xievf Cemetery, Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

OCTOBER. 

POLITICAL AND GENERAL. 

10. A special session of the United 
States Senate was convened — Senator 
Bayard, of Delaware, was elected Presi- 
dent pro tan. On the 13th David Davis, 
of Illinois, was elected President. 

French troops entered Tunis with the 
approbation of the Bey. 

13. Parnell was arrested in Dublin, 
and lodged in jail. Charges that he had 
incited tenants to refuse payment of their 
rent and of intimidating them from 
taking advantage of the Land Act were 
preferred against him. 

20. Yorktowu centennial celebration. 
Ode by Paul H. Hayne, of South Carolina. 

25. Hon. William Wiudom, of Minne- 
sota, ex-Secretary of the Treasui-y, was 
re-elected U. S. Senator. 

First decision under the Irish Land 
Act, at Monaghan. Rent reduced fifty 
shillings for the next fifteen years. 

Francis A. Walker resigned as Super- 
intendent of Census, for the purpose 
of taking charge of the Institute of 
Technology, Boston. 



Report of the Postmaster-General, for 
the fiscal year, states the increase in the 
number of post-offices as 1,.500. Total 
number of post-offices in the United 
States, in June, 44,152. 

An order was passed in the Criminal 
Court, at Washington, allowing twenty 
witnesses in the Guiteau case; fees and 
costs to be paid by the Government. 

26. Assistant Postmaster-General Ty- 
ner sent his resignation to President 
Arthur. The resignation was accepted. 

27. The election for members of the 
new German Reichstag occurred, and the 
Reichstag was opened November Ist. 
Emperor William being ill, Bismarck 
read his sovereign's sijeech from the 
throne. 

29. Special session of the U. S. Sen- 
ate adjourned, the following confirma- 
tions having been made : Charles J. Fol- 
ger as Secretary of the Treasury; Thom- 
as L. James as Postmaster -General; 
Prank Hatton as First Assistant Post- 
master-General. 

DEATHS. 

4. Fletcher U. Harper, in New York 
City, aged 34 years. 

12. Dr. J. G. Holland, author, and 
editor of Srrihiiei-'a Monthly, in New 
York, in his sixty-third year. 

16. Louis A. Wiltz, Governor of Lou- 
isiana, in New Orleans, aged 34 years. 

25. Baron James de Rothschild, in 
Paris, aged 32 years. 

NOVEMBER. 

POLITICAL AND GENERAL. 

8. A statue of Byron unveiled at 
Missolonghi, Greece, where he died. 

10. French Ferry cabinet resigned. 
Five days thereafter a new ministry, 
under leadership of Gambetta, was 
announced. 

14. The trial of Guiteau for the assas- 
sination of President Garfield begun in 
the District Supreme Court at Washing- 
ton. 

15. Attorney-General McVeagh's res- 
ignation accepted. 

Folger took the oath as Secretary of 
the Treasurv. 



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HOLIDAY SOUVENIR AND ANNUAL. 



22. The CommisaioDer of Indian Af- 

fairH made his nnuual report. Whole 
uumher of luJians in tlie United States, 
201,912. 

DECEMBER. 

POLITICAL AND GENERAL. 

5. The Forty-seven til Oonsress met. 
Mr. Keifer was elected [Speaker of the 
Hoii.se. Amonrj other l)ills, one to place 
General Grant on the retired army list 
was iutrodnced in the Senate. 

G. President Arthur's first message 
was delivered to Congress. 

7. President Artlmr took up his resi- 
dence at the White House. 

Thomas L. James, Postmaster -Gen- 
eral, announced his int<'ntion to retire 
after January 1st. 

8. Riutr Theater, Vienna, destroyed 
by fire, (ireat loss of life. 

12. President Arthur nominated Sena- 
tor FreliuKhiiysen, of New Jersey, Secre- 
tary of State. The Senate unanimously 
confirmed the nomination. 

Senator Edmunds introduced a bill in 
the Senate, pro^ndint; for payment of ex- 
penses incurred in cousequence of 
President Garfield's assassination, pro- 
vided that the necessary amount did not 
exceed $I(I0,(KH1. 

13. Ex-Senator Howe was named for 
Postmaster-General; Frank Hattoii, of 
IJurlin'.tton, Iowa, for Assistant Post- 
master-General. 

16. The President sent to the Senate 
tlie name of Benjamin H. Brewster, of 
Pennsylvania, as nominee for Attorney- 
General (>r the United States. 

DE.^THS. 

4. General Judson Kilpatrick, Minis- 
ter to Cliili, at Santiajro. 

9. John Wien Forney, journalist and 
politician, in Philadelphia. 

17. Dr. I. I. Hayes, the Arctic ex- 
plorer, in New York, axed 51 years. 

Leonard Bacou, D.D., LL.D., leading 
Congregational clergyman, in New Ha- 
ven, Connecticut, aged 80 years. 



] cannot but ri*ni«'inhMr nurh thinip* woro, 
Thnt wiTf nitmt pn'ciiiiirt In rni». 

— Shakttiirart, 



BI0GK.\PH1CAL NOTES. 

(Continued from page 98.) 
JACOB RICORD, 
City Postmaster, was born in Philadelphia. Ph., 
SeptemhiT artth. IHlti. Came to Iowa City 
March Itli. IHIO; then a brick-maker; afterwani 
dealer iu bouts and nhoca. Married here. May 
12th, 1K47, Mayor of Iowa City in lr(75-7rt an<i 
1878-7tt. 

RIOH.^RD H. AliLIX, 
bookHeller and stationer. No. y South Clinton 
Htreet. wan born in Knox county, Ohio, Decem- 
ber lUh, 1S42. Graduated from the 8. U. I., in 
1882. Married here April l.'tth, iwjj, and com- 
menced business in September of the name year. 

EMIL L. BOERNEB, 
pharmacist itirni of H. W. Boemer and Son). 
12»5 South Clinton street, was bom near Siegen. 
Westphalia. April *2lsl. IsSJ. Came to Iowa 
City October Ist, 18ti7. Graduated from the 
Philadelphia CoUeKe of Pharmacy in March, 
1H7(J. Secretary of the Iowa State Pharmaceu- 
tical Atisociation. Han had ten years ex|>erience 
in his business, and a clean, well-kept store 
shows that this experience has been profitable. 

GEORGE W. SMITH, 
bookseller and stationer, 2:) South Clinton i^treet 
(firm of Smith ii MuUint, was born in Msin- 
chester, Vt.. January 2"ith, iHTd). Came to Iowa 
City in September, 1H70, and en^aKed work as 
book-keeper. Married here, Septemlx'r It'th, 
1H77. 

ROBERT A. MVnE.SNEY, 
AKf'tit Vniled States Express Co., was burn in 
Hutler county, Ohio, August Tith. I'^U. Mar- 
ried at Muscatine, luwa, September 2il. l8iil. 
Came to Iowa City July 4th. 1863. 

FRANK V. MOFFITT, JR., 
Manager of the Western Union Telegraph OflRco 
and of the Iowa <'ity Telephone Kxchanne. was 
born in Newark. N. J., August iJtth, 18.M. Came 
to Iowa City in the H[>rin»; of 1m55. Married at 
Cedar Rapids October 14th. 1879. 

BENJAMIN KING, 

KFocer. 'M) Soutli Dubnipie street, was born in 
Lickinu county. Ohio. Ni»veinber lith, WJIK and 
there married .\pril '.V\, ls*:i. Came to Iowa 
City in Nitveinber I>»4'1; then a whiN'lwritfht. 
Enlisted ill the Union army, au first Lieutenant, 
in \^\'l: was promoted to Captain, and mustered 
out in iMti.'i. 

FRANK M, 80MER.S, M.D. 
Horn in Urbana, 111.. January 2ll4l. lsr»H. Ac- 
fjuirtMl a literary education at Tabor Cidlege. 
Tabor. Iowa, ami was there marritNl. July 1st, 
IKKI. Came to Iowa City, and conimenciMi pnic- 
tice. October 1st, l>v"'l, huvinu pn-viously Kradu- 
Bted from (!»»' Hi>nuropathic Medical Depart- 
ment, 8. U. I. Phh-IicihI his profession at 
Hamburtt. lowii, previous to his n'moral to 
Iowa City. 



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103 



HEBMAN A. STBUB. 
Born in New York City, April 5tli, 1S52. Came_ 
to Iowa City in September, lh.i7, and here mar- 
ried, June 1st, 1S75. Junior partner in the firm 
of Pratt & Strul). dealers in dry goods, which 
position he attained through his own exertions. 

CHARLES D. W. CLAPP, 
clothier. \\<o East Washington .street, was born 
in Brooklyn. N. Y.. December 9th. 18.>4. Came 
to Iowa City in ISii;. Married to Miss Margaret 
Westenhaver, in Graham township, February 
3d, 1881. Was engaged in business at Shelby, 
Iowa, 1871-77. 

JOHN G. OrVEN. 

Bom in Mifflin county. Pa.. October 14tli, 
ISai. Married at Ebensburg. Pa., in .\pril, 184H. 
Came to luwa City in the fall of lS."i9. and for 
a time was one of the proprietors of the State 
Press. Served under General Winfield Scott in 
the Mexican war. Enlisted as Lieutenant ; af- 
terward was promoted to Quartermaster Ser- 
geant of the regiment. Grocer, 31) South Du- 
buque street. 

HAEVET W. FYPFE. 

Born in Champaign county. Ohio, February 
lljth, 1817. Married at Bellefontaine. Ohio, De- 
cember lilth, 1839. Came to Iowa City March 
3d, 1H4H. and engaged in business as merchant 
and trader. Enlisted as a soldier in the Union 
army February 'id, 1863. Served in the police 
service until tlie close of the war. during which 
tim^ he was commissioned Captain. Compiler 
of directories. 

JONATHAN G. STABKEY, 
auctioneer, at College street commission house, 
was bom in Clinton county. Ohio, July 29th. 
1815. Married at Steubenville. Ohio. April 9th, 
ISiO. Came to Iowa City December 2Sth, 1854. 
and engaged work at his trade — stone-mason 
and bricklayer. 

WILLIAM H. GOODBELL. 

Bom in Guernsey county. Ohio, July 19th, 
1841. Came to Iowa City November Ist, 185«; 
then a student. Married here July 5th. 1865. 
Soldier in the Union army from April, 1861, to 
August, 1S65. Enlisted as a private; promoted 
to Captain: wounded at Wilson's Creek, Mo., 
August Kith, 1861. Chief Clerk in City Post- 
office. 

BDFUS B. LUMBAED, 

dry goods merchant (firm of Lumbard & Sons'. 
\W South Dubuque street, was born in Dryden. 
N. Y., September 5th, 1S22, where he was mar- 
ried, November Ist, 1843. Came to Iowa City in 
March, 1862, and began the work of farming. 

DAVID J. STIMMEL, 
carriage maker, was born in Delaware, Ohio. 
March 1st, 1836. Married at Iowa City Septem- 
ber 15th, 1886. Came to Iowa City October 28th, 
1874. 

THOMAS O'hANLON. 
Bom in Erie, Pa., December 13th, 1856. Came 
to Iowa City in the spring of 1867. Grocer, 115 
South Dubuque street. 



FEANCIS H. BBADLET, 

grocer, 120 East Washington street, was born in 
Genoa, N. Y., July 4th, 183U. Married at Auburn, 
N. Y., June 6th, 1852. Came to Iowa City in 
September, 1880. 

HUDSON BUEE, 
Stenographer, was born in Philadelphia, August 
27th, 1843. Married, at Waterloo. Iowa. April 
2nth,.1864. Came to Iowa City in January, 1874. 
Graduated at Central High School. Philadel- 
phia. Reporter for the 8th Jutlicial District of 
Iowa since September Ist. 1873. 

JOHN J. HOLMES. 
Bom in L'-esburg, Carroll county. Ohio. 
December 28th, 1833. Married in Burlington, 
Iowa, October 2llth, 18.59. Came to Iowa City in 
June, 1863. .\lderman for three years. Marble- 
worker, 116 East College street. 

DAVID S. BIDLAKE, 
restaurateur, 122 East Washington street, was 
born in Westford, N. Y., December nth, 1849. 
Married at Auburn. N. Y., June 15th, 187.5. Came 
to Iowa City in September, 1881. 

ELISHA B. MOOEE, 
dry goods merchant, 124 East Washington St., 
was born in Licking c^)unty, Ohio, October 28th, 
1836. Came to Iowa City in the fall of 1864. and 
for a time was clerk for D. W. C. Clapp. Mar- 
ried here May Inth, 18(ifi. He commenced to sell 
goods when he was but fifteen years ohl, and has 
been at the business ever since. His store is 
proof of his enterprise and industry. 
EOBERT W. BTINGTON, 
attorney at law (firm of Byingtnn Bros.), 105 
East Washington street, was born in Iowa City. 
April 3d. 1854. Graduated, June 22d, 1877, from 
the Law Department, S. U. I., and begun prac- 
tice here December 6th, 1S79. 

WILLIAM E. FOSTEB. 
Born in Iowa City, May 15th, 1851, and here 
married September 12th, 1877. Liveryman, 218 
Washington street. 

SAMUEL BAKEE, 
grocer, 109 East Washington street (firm of Hotz 
& Co.> Born in York county. Pa.. October 1st. 
1821. Came to Iowa City March 31st, 1857, and 
here married July 30th, 1871. 

DEDLIF F. EOSENCRANZ. 

Born in Holstein, Germany, .\pril 7th, 1848. 
Married at Davenport, Iowa, August 3d, 1875. 
Came to Iowa City in the fall of 1877. Furrier, 
etc., 19 South Clinton street. 

CHAELES LINDEBMAN. 

Born August 9th, 1852. in New York City. 
Came to Iowa City July 29th. 1873; here married 
September 15th, 1874. Barber; shop. 121 East 
Washington street. 

WILLIAM J. HOTZ, 

grocer (firm of Hotz & Co.), 109 East Washing- 
ton street, was born in Iowa City, June 7th, 18.58, 
and here married October 2d, 1879. 



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HOLIDAY SOlVEMIi AS J) AXMAL. 



AABON G. TUCKER. 

Horn November *JL)th. lH:t;>, in ("uoiu'rutown, 
l)U*'fio. county. N. Y. Came to lowu City in 
July. IHTm. M'irri*»(l in Iowa City June 2il. |h.'>h. 
He Iwirmnl his tnnle ijuur. |>rint<>r> in OtH^tro. 
N. Y.. the home of Hon. T. (', Piatt. After work- 
ing at liiB trade in New York (*ity and various 
other places, he went to Goshen. N. Y., where he 
owned and publitiibed n paper for one year. Then 
oauie Xa* Iowa City and entered the lifinnl^r of- 
fice a h foreman. After publishint;, for ft time, 
the F.reniug Sfor, he and Mr. Sylvester pur- 
cha8e<l the /ff'por/fr. and changed th«' name to 
Creiic^ut. The firm conduetrd it daily and a 
weekly paper under the latter name for about 
two yoars. and then begun the jmblication of the 
Staff l*res», Mr. Tucker issued the first <lirer- 
tory of Iowa City. Wju* Station A«ent here, on 
the ('.. U. \.& P. KHiln>ad, for eighteen yearn. 1« 
now Agent of American Expres.-* Co. 

DENNIS HAHKR, 
grocer. No. I'iTt Dubuque street, is n native of 
Ireland; born November 11th. lH."il. Came to 
Iowa City in August. 1K72. and way here married, 
the same year. City Tn'asurer. 

JOHN NORWOOD CLARK. 
}ioni in Phihidelphin. July »(Hh. l^U. Mar- 
ried at EUicott's MillH. Md.. July 2*2d. 1h;W. 
(*amo to Iowa City Octolier 'ilst, \<i^\. and in 
Kitt began buKineiw in the " Old Curiosity 
Shop,'* in which he has ever ninre continued. 
Oldest store, without chaiigi' of owners, in the 
city. Prominent uiember of tin* Masonic and 
(_)dd fellows fraternities, and oni* of ihe oldest 
and iM'st posted members of the Lodges in the 
city. Past (irand Master and Pic^t (irand Itt*- 
corder, I. (». O. F. 

HENRY E. SHINN. 
Born Octol>er Ist, lH:)ti, in Medfor<l. Durling- 
ton county, N.J. Came to lown City in January. 
lHr»6. and went to work at his trade — car|»enter 
and builder. Married in Iowa City February 
14th. IKW. Partner in the firm of Holz A Sliinn. 
contnicton* and builders. Marshal of Iowa ( 'ily. 

JAME.S B. BERRYHILL, 

manufacturer of and dt^iler in liarness and sad- 
dles, Tiiiitt Washington stnM-t. was born in Harris- 
btu'g. Pa.. July 'itd. iKiit. Came to Iowa City in 
the spring of lH4;t. MarritMl (second) to Miss 
Lillie F«>x in 1>^2. 

JOSEPH R. SCUdFIELD, 
wiiH born in Yorkshire, Knglan<l. March 'J3d. lM3ii. 
Came to Iowa City December 21th. |Hli7, and 
was engageil as foreman of ttie carpel-weiiving 
lo<ims at Coralville. Married iseron^l' at 0<*r- 
niantown. Pa., in lHtl:(. Sfrvcil in (he Union 
army, during the wjir of the Uebellion. in the 
llWd Pennsylvania Ki«serves. 

HORACE KTMHALL. 
(torn in Iowa City. Sepl'MulM-r 2d, IH|M. and 
luTH marritil. April l:uli. |h7i. Senior member 
of the firm of Kimball, Stelibimt iV Me}-er, 12A 

Dubiii|ii)' Ht riMil . 



ALBERT HEMMER, 

t>f the firm i>f Hertz A Hemmer. dealers in dry 
goods, etc., was born in Peoria, 111., Noveml»er 
I2th, Km. Came to Iowa City in September, 
\<IA, and WHS here married Octol>er I7lh. 1H77, , 
It* a miller by occupation. 

JOHN B. HADDOC7K, 

Cashier of the First Natiimal Uiuik. wif< born in 
Wilmington. Del., March l-'th. Islu. Came to 
Iowa City Decembi*r iMh. ls,Vs, und engaged in 
businetw ns a grocer. Married here May 3il. 1H»W. 

OEOROE W. LEWIS, 

grocer. HW South Clinton street, was bom in 
Oneida county, N. Y.. January Ilth. 1'42. Came 
to Iowa City in IstW. Married at Ypsilanti. 
Mich., to Miss .Annie V. Yanson, October 12th. 
1N74. 

JOHN SUEPPEL, 
grocer, was born in Bavaria, (termany. October 
Hth, lH;tt>. Arrived in America in IH-Vi. and, at 
Krie. Pa., servetl four years apprt*nticeship at 
the <iilcloth business. Came to Iowa City Janu- 
uary 1st, l^'ifi, where he was marrieil, September 
12th. \>m. 

DANIEL HAM, 

<lealer in country produce, m Dubutiue street, 
was bom in Burkes county. Pa.. August Kith, 
ix2.'i. Came to Iowa City in Decembt'r. ls."iii. and 
for a time worke<! at his trade-gunsmith. Mar- 
ried here April S.'ith, IXW. 

JAMES W. CALTA. ' 

Born in Ledse, Bohemia, Novt-mln'r 2.'>th. l?i.')|. 
Came to Iowa City De<'eml)»'r. 1'^m. Married at 
Kichmtmd, Iowa. June Itth, 1h77. Clerk for Hy- 
erson A Son ; Secreliiry of Catholic Mutual Pri>- 
tective and of Bohemian Literary Societies. 

JACOB KRAMER, 

manufactiir«>r of boots and shoes, 21 Dubuque 
street, is a native of liavaria. (lermany; Inirn 
September 4th, l<W. Came to America in 1^52; 
t<> Iowa City NovemlH»r 2d, IKVI. where he was 
married DccemU'r li>th. \<iH. Was " burnt out " 
in \s<\. and liuilt. on the same site, in lHs|, the 
brick building which he now occupies. 

JOHN A. PICKERING. 
Uoni in Lexington. F.ngland. March 2*1. Ki5. 
Came to Ii>wa City in the ^p^ing of l>Ci7. Pro- 
r»rietor of Ihe "China Hall." the only ston* in 
the city dealing exdiisivi'ly in this line of Koods. 
Locateil in the Odd Felhiws' new building. \'M\ 
Dubuque street. 

JACOB M. SEYI>EL. 

Horn in Lislran. Ohio. January 21tb, IH2>^. 
Canic to Iowa City OcIoImt '2x\. I'^U. and iMignged 
work at his trade tinner. Was here niarriiMl 
Dect-mlier 21th. i^^'it). Dealer in stoves anil tin- 
ware. t2t» South Clinton street. 

LUKE D. PORCH. 
Born in Knox county. Ohio, February ."Ul, 
iHl.'i. Marriml at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. July Sd. 
iKiiv. Came to Iowa City, October, IH71. City 

Mur-hal in is7n. 



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105 



liEWIS W. CliAPP, 
attorney at law, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
September 24th. IS-'iT. Came to Iowa ("ity in 
May, lS5y. Graduated in 1S77 from tlie Law 
Department. S. U. I., and commenced practice 
here the foll<»wing year. Office. 114 Washington 
street. He hap already attained a tine practice, 
and '^everybody likes him." 

ISAAC FURBISH, 

dealer in boots and shoes, corner of Washing- 
ton and Clinton streets, was born in Kennebeck, 
Maine, July i'th, lHa5, and was there married 
July 4th. iMtU. Came to Iowa City in iHtiti, and 
ever since has engaged in his present business. 

JOHN W. WHITMORE, 
proprietor of tlie "Union Grocery." 1'22 Dubutjue 
street, was born in Olin, Jones county, Iowa, 
May 4th, 1S59, and was here married, to Miss 
Ella Merritt. January Uth. 1881. Graduated 
I from the Law Department, S. U. I.. June, IHSO. 

i GEORGE B. BERGEE. 

; Born in Port Carbon. Pa., April 17th, 1848. 

I Came to Iowa City in the spring of 185H. Mar- 
ried, at Minneapolis. Minn., January 2fith, 1875. 
Enlisted in the Union army, as a blacksmith, in 
iHfil, and served six months. Blacksmith. No. ir» 
Capitol street. 

CHARLES N. ABBOTT, 
liveryman, corner Capitol and Washington 

' streets, was born in Carbondale. Pa., July 4th. 
1847. Came to Iowa City in October. 1H57, where 

' he was married. April 1st. 1869. 

! FRANK BUERCKLE, 

proprietor of the Buerckle House, was born in 
Baden, Germany, April 2d, 1827. Came to this 

j country in is'tl; to Iowa City. December 23d, 
istjl. Married in Boston, Mass., May 11th, 1M54, 

I where he remained ten years previous to coming 

[ here. Trade, machinist. 

I WILLIAM J. HUFF, 

was born in Wellersburg, Somerset county. Pa.. 
, July 29th. 18^9. Married, at Marengo, Iowa, 
' 18(32. Came to Johnson county in 1859, and 
I engaged as a teacher and copyist. Served in the 
I Union army over tliree years, in Company E, 
2Sth Regiment Iowa Volunteers. Enlisted as a 
private; promoted to Captain in lHt>4. Has been 
('ounty Ree()rder ito till vacancy t. and a member 
of the Board of Supervisors (1HH8). 

JOHN HORNUNG, 

confectioner and i^roprietor of Steam Bakery, 
14 Dubuque street, was born in Wuertzburg, 
(iermany, October IBth. 185ti. Came tu Iowa 
City, May. lMr)7. and was here married, October 
12th, 1881. Trade, cigar-maker. 

LYMAN PARSONS. 
Born in Knox. Albany county. N. Y.. Novem- 
ber 12th, 1H2**. Married at Lynden. Wis., July 
1st, 1,865. (^ame to Iowa City in June, 1889; his 
occupation then was railroad contractor. Is a 
Director of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Com- 
pany. 



GEORGE P. HESS. 
Agent B., C. R. & N. Railway, was born in 
Bath, Steuben county. New York. July 27th. 1h39. 
Came to Iowa City in September, 1858, and was 
here married, to Miss Ellen L. Murray, Novem- 
ber 23d, lSti3. 

ROBERT R. SPENCER, 
Cashier of Johnson County Savings Bank, was 
born in Worthington, Ohio, August 19th, 1854. 
Came to Iowa City in 1660, and was here mar- 
ried to Miss Louisa E. Lovelace, August Slst, 
1H76. 

SOLOMON GRIMM, 

dry goods merchant, 12ti Washington street, was 
born in Herschberg-on-the-Saale. Germany, 
March 1st, 1823, where he was married, August 
15th, 1853. He reached this ctmntry with the 
small sum of 25 cents, with which he paid for a 
night's lodging. January 10th. 1856, he came to 
Iowa City, and engaged work as porter in the 
old Fremont Hotel. His occupation in the old 
country was stocking weaving, and he now has 
in his store some of the goods that were ma<le in 
his native place. His store is evidence of what 
pluck can do for a man. 

CHARLES S. WELCH. 
Born in McConnellsville, Ohio. October 7th, 
184H. Came to Iowa City in April. 1873. Assist- 
ant Cashier of First National Bank. 

ELI W. BELL, 
manufacturer of boots and shoes. No. 108 Iowa 
avenue, was l)orn in Washington county, Md.. 
July 11th, 1835. Married December 13th, 1857. 
Came to Iowa City August 1st, 1857. 

CHARLES H. BRADLEY, 

rest-iiurateur, 11 Dubuijue street, was born in 
Williamsport, Pa., June 11th, 1853. Came to 
Iowa City January 14th, 1856. and was here mar- 
ried January 20th. IKSO. 

WILLIAM F. FREEMAN, 

grocer, 117 Washington street, was born in Iowa 
City, September 11th. 1851, and here married 
January Uth. 18H0. Owns one of the oldest 
grocery stores in the city. 

JOHN S. FLANNAGAN, 
manufacturer of boots and shoes, was born in 
county Fermanagh, Ireland, March 17th, 18"24. 
Married at Haverhill, Mass. Landed in Amer- 
ica April UHh. 1851. 

FRANK TULLOSS, 

member of the Hawkeye Blachine Works Com- 
pany, wai^ born in Washington county, Ohio, 
August 5th, 1H50. Came to luwa City, May, 
1H61, and was here married, September 5th, 1876. 
Trade, machinist. 

GILES B. LUMBARD, 
manager of the Iowa Lumber Company, was 
born in New York. August 25th, 1819. Married, 
in Iowa City, September Uth, 1876, to Miss Addie 
Mendenhall. Office at yards, corner of Dubuque 
and Burlington streets. 



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HOLIDAY aOUVENlli AND ANNUAL. 



WHililAM H. TATIX)B. 
Horn in Cheshire. Enulnnil. March 16lh, 1x29. 
Married at Manchester. KnK.. NovemlnT 9th, 
1N.')4. J'Hine to Iowa City July Hth, Is-Vl. Then 
a tuilur: still continues iu the husiue«H, at 15 
Soutlt Clinton street. 

GEORGE W. KETTtEWEIiL. 
Rorn in WnshinKt<in county. Pa., December 
3llth. 1H*21. Married at Lebanon. Ohio. Jjinuary 
23d, 1KI)2. Came to Iowa City September .Ith, 
185». Blacksmith, 21ti East WashinRton street. 

JOSEPH FBEUDENFELD. 

Horn in Bt)hemia, May 1st, IKTi. Marrie<l at 
Milwaukee. Wis.. Septeuiber 17th, 1873. Came 
to Iowa City April l.'ith, 18H1. Commission 
merchant, 117 East Collcf^e street. 

THOMAS WHITTAKEU. 
Born in Philadelphia. Pa.. March 7th, 1H.V2. 
Came to Iowa City May 9th. INW; here married 
October 11th. 1H71. Barber; shop under Johnson 
County SaviuKs Rank. 

JOHN B. NOEL. 
Horn in France. December I'ith. iKM. Mar- 
ried at Green Buy. Wis., .\pril |nth. 1k7.'): and 
came to Iowa City in Sept4'mlM'r of the same 
year. Popular confectioner and caterer at 13 
South Clinton street. 

C'H.\nLE.S liAnUOW. 
Rorn in Putnam county. 111.. June "-".tth. Is'iS. 
Came to Iowa City in the sprint; of IHt'.tt; then a 
farmer. ,' Oraduateil from Kmart 's Commercial 
Acatlcmy. PittsburK, Pa., in 1*<73. tlrocer, 12)S 
East Cullej^e street. 

JOHN B. 8CHAEDLEH, 
ciKar-maker, and proprietor of the Cruaimey 
House, was born in Kleinlinder, (Jermany, 
September lath, ixil. Married in Germany, 
June, 1H49. Came to Iowa City Auuust ISth, 
1H.W, and was the tirst cigar-maker in the city. 
Was a soldier in the German army for three 
years in the Hesse-Darmst4wU division. 



JOHN E. UILLER. 
Bom in Rararia, (iermany, April 22tl, 1839. 
Came to Iowa City July. IKVi; here marriinl 
November Wth, 1x57. Tinsmith. 

HENRY NICKING. 
Born in Eimbeck. (iermany. November lOth, 
isttl. Came to Iowa City July 0th, IHM,— then 
a farmer: here marrie<l June '.ith. INHJ. Barber; 
shop, 112 South Dubufiue street. 

GEORGE W. PINNEY. 
Rom in Franklin county. Ohio. January l.lth, 
lK«t. Came to Iowa City in the fall of 1H14. 
Married at WaukeKan, 111., Sept«mber lllh. ISIil. 
Veterinary surgeon. 

coycLi's/oy. 
In the foreKoinff "Notes" are men- 
tioned a larfje ntiinher of the re8|)eetable 
business houses and men of Iowa City. 
These "Notes" are not pnblislied to 
favor these men particularly, — only to 
show the different trades, professions, 
and occupations represented. A friend 
remarked that, twenty years hence, some 
of these men may have attained tlie 
highest places in public estimation, and 
that a sinple copy of the Sotr\-ENiB 
may be worth, perhaps, as many dol- 
lars. Our vanity does not lead us to 
wholly believe the latter part of the 
remark; yet no stinj; of conscience is 
felt when we adWse every citizen tt) pro- 
cure a coi)y — not for " si^'culation " 
(for none know wluit the years may 
bring — "Time consumes like smoke and 
posts away"); but let each buy the 
Souvenir for the gratification it tinml 
bring — some time. 




HOLIDAY SOUVENIR AND ANNUAL. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Very few advertisements are inserted in this 
number of the Souvenir and Annual. What- 
ever these advertisers claim can be relied upon. 
Not wishing to longer delay the book, a number 
of advertiwements are unavoidably left out. 
"Testimonials" of Iowa City Academy, men- 
tiened elsewhere, can be seen in the catalogue 
of the school. 

Hereafter no deviation will be made from the 
following, the 

Advertising Rates of the Souvenir and Annual. 

One pa^'e $40 00 

One-half pase 25 00 

One-third page 18 00 

One-fourth page 12 00 

Less than one-fourth page, per line 1 00 

Our advertising friends have evidence of what 
we can do, in t lit- way of nice " disiday," in this 
work. No disn'i'utable advertisements will be 
inserted. We reserve the right to reject any or 
all advertisements. 

In the table of Contents read "Biographical 
Notes," pages 94 and 102; "Advertisements," 1(_(7. 



LARGEST VARIETY 

— OP — 

STATIONERY, 

Notions and Fishing Tackle, 

IN THE WEST, AT LOWER PRICES THAN ANY 

OTHER House, at 

Post-Office Block, IOWA CITY, IOWA. 



CIGARS and PLUGS at WHOLESALE at 
Chicago Prices. 

H. WIENEKE, Manager. 



6E0. W. DODDER 




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AGENT, 



J\'c. 122 WaAlihmfon Street, 

IOWA CITY, IOWA. 



J0E ^. EDWTIl^D^, 

Attorney at Law, 

IOWA CITY, IOWA. 

REAL ESTATE BOUGHT AND SOLD. 



3TE^Ijipi6 ^ H0h|IEg, 



DEALERS IN 



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MANUFACTURERS OF 

Tomb and Head Stones, Mantels, 

etc., of the Plainest and the 

Most Elaborate Designs. 



Prices as low as those of any other firsts 
^\\/V ('lass workmen, and satisfaction 

^{^ ^niaranteed. 

'Pj|^~ Correspondence Solicited. 

^^^^ii6 East College Street, 

IOWA CITY, IOWA. 



D. S. BARBER, 

Justice of the Peace. 

Office in Vogt's Building. 

No. 207 Washington Street. 

COLLECTIONS MADE. AND PROMPTLY REMITTED, 



W. F. CONKLIN. M. A. O'HAIR. 

CONKLIN & O'HAIK, 

IOWA CITY, lOW^A. 



A. C. ATWATER, 

Wholesale and Retail 



DEALEU IN 



^n?erican and Foreign Coins, 

IvIEX).a.XjS, etc. 

Money Loaned on Diamonds, Watches, and Jewelry. 
Cash Paid for Old Gold and Silver. 

125 Washington Street, IOWA CITY, IOWA. 

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With its present Force of Workmen and 
Unsurpassed Facilities, the 

Republican Stem Printing Houses Bindery 

Defies Competition in the following, its 
SPKCI AI^XIES : 

^riaritin-g- io^L Colors, 

^'2.:r:LS ^oolr a.3=i.d. Tot' E^'rixitlar^g-, 
Eooik: ^iari^Aaagr o£ a.11 l=:iiia.s, 
Washington and Dubuque Sts. IOWA CITY, IOWA. 



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HOLIDAY SOUVESIR AM) .I.V.Vr.l/.. 
PIONEER BOOKSTORE. 



1882. 



l^ookst'Uer, St^itioner, and [finder. 

ALL KINDS OF 

University and Acadeiny Xcxt-Books, 

IVIiMcellaiieous Bookn, 

medical BookH, Blank Books, 

AND A COMPLETE LINE OF 

H^Students' School Supplies, at Lowest Prices.-^ 

Booksellers and Stationers' Supplies at Chicago ^Vholesale Prices. 
118 Washington Street, IOWA CITY, IOWA. 



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KKKIiS UNSrUPASHKI) ADVANTACJKS to YOUNG MEN ami LADIES (IfMrinj: to 
procure a Kood BUSIN ESS EDUCATION, mul 11 Hju'ciHl truiniim that will onahlc thi*m 
to Hcc'uri* p.wiNo I'osiTioNH. or to conduct their huHinc^s and kfki' TiiKiu ACcoTNTH hys- 
TKMKTirM.LV. lowA t'lTY roMM^iUiAi. Coi.i.KriK wiis cHtabliKhfHl in l«i.V and ii* (h<* 

Only Commercial College in this Part of Iowa that Gives a Complete Coarse. 

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b> FIVK Hi'KciAi. Teaciikuh- The liMichiTH of i$4iok-k<H'|iinK lin- «'X|>oripnr<Ml and pincTirAi- Hook- 
KRRrKUH. Karh ntuflcnt ih inHtnic1(>d individually and indi>|M-iidcnt of olhor Htuilcntn in thiit branch, 
HI) Ai>v\NTAOK (hat rann<it 1h> ov<'r-4*Htinint(Nl. A I'HAmrAl.OrKnAXOR hiu* charKo of thc»T«'U»»fraiihic 
DcpartmiMit. A »{r)'nt4>r proportion of our Htudcntn nrn HccurinK prohtaldc poHitionH than over 
iM'fore. Htudent>4 admitted at any lime. 2-42 enroUt^il la^t year. •»• Kor full CircularH and <'ata- 
lo^ue, addreHH 

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